Happy cemetery

Colorful grave crosses, which are carved by hand, illustrate in a humorous way the cause of death of the people resting here

Colorful tomb, probably of a carpenter who had probably been fatally injured on his circular saw and now found his final resting place here

Coordinates: 47 ° 58 ′ 17 ″  N , 23 ° 41 ′ 44 ″  E

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Happy cemetery in Săpânța

The Merry Cemetery (Romanian: Cimitirul Vesel ) is a specially designed cemetery in the municipality of Săpânța in Maramureș County in northern Romania . The design was carried out over decades by the local artist Stan Ioan Pătraș (1908–1977). He decorated the traditional wooden grave stelae with hand-painted pictures of the deceased and with verses about their lives.

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Commons : Merry Cemetery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

360 ° geo report on www.arte.tv (video) “The happy cemetery” on www.geo.de