Rosemary Rennon discovered Romania in 1993 when she went hunting for the small village where her father was born. She was captivated by its scenery and by the simplicity of a country just awakening from its long communist nightmare. Unfamiliar to many due to its long isolation, Romania is comprised of five distinct regions resulting [...]
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The wooden church from Breb
Posted by raluca on September 27th, 2010
The wooden church from Breb village, common Ocna Şugatag, Maramures county, was built in 1622 and the tower is dated in 1531, from an earlier church in Copacis, at the border of the village. The age of the structure’s construction from 1622 , the tower from 1531, the oldest tower stored in the wooden churches [...]
The “Lapus Country”
Posted by raluca on September 27th, 2010
The “Lapus Country”, one of the oldest administrative unit of its kind in the country, is first attested in 1291 as the ” State called Lapus” and then in 1315 under the name “Terra Lapus”. Lapus Country, demonstrates “a strong personality.” In the geographically, ethnically and historically terms, the area of Lapus is the highly [...]
The Mogosa resort
Posted by raluca on September 27th, 2010
Mogosa is a tourist area located Gutai Mountains, near the town Baia Sprie, Maramures county, frequented by tourists all year round, in summer for hiking and swimming, and in winter for ski. Mogosa resort has one of the best ski slopes in the area of the country ( called Moskau) and among the best in [...]
Alex trout farm
Posted by raluca on September 27th, 2010
The lightning flashes of the joyful fishes delights your eyes and the Maramures restaurant conquers you immediately, at Alex trout farm. As you come out of Mara, a part of the village Desesti,you can see a trout landscape, beautifully furnished, in a place at the foot of Gutai, that will immediately impress. When you get [...]
The “Happy Cemetery” from Sapanta
Posted by raluca on September 27th, 2010
The Sapanta cemetery is known worldwide, thanks to the great folk artist that was Stan Ion Patras, sculptor, painter and writer. The Happy Cemetery is a cemetery in the village Săpânţa, Maramures county, famous for the colorful tombs crosses, the naive paintings representing scenes from the life and occupation of persons buried there. On some [...]
The village museum from Ieud
Posted by raluca on September 27th, 2010
Maramures is represented in the museum by several units, among with the Ieud household in the village, dating from 1890 and transferred in a museum in 1936. Oak monumental gate with shingle roof, richly ornamented with carving, is a hallmark of the social categories: the free peasants. The house, built of fir wreaths of beams [...]
The Mineralogy Museum from Baia Mare
Posted by raluca on September 23rd, 2010
The Mineralogy Museum from Baia Mare hosts an exhibition held on 900 sqm, in which are exposed more than 1,000 mineral samples, rocks and fossils. In the institution deposits are another 15,000 pieces. The Mineralogical Museum is the largest regional museum in Europe, many of the exhibits being considered unique and world heritage values. The [...]
Mocanita forester train
Posted by raluca on September 23rd, 2010
Mocanita is a forester train, whose use in Romania is becoming more and more limited – besides the great age of equipment and the big maintenance costs, Mocanita must face the new transport opportunities, with better reliability. However, beyond these difficulties, Mocanita survives – largely because the locals need to travel, but especially because it [...]
The Sighet Memorial
Posted by raluca on September 23rd, 2010
The Sighet Memorial is created under the leadership of the writer Ana Blandiana, since 1993, when the draft was submitted to the Council of Europe, which in 1995 was took under its aegis. The Victims of Communism Memorial was declared an “ensemble of national interest “. The Sighet Prison is one of the ‘ black [...]
