10 Things About The Merry Cemetery in Sapanta
Here are some interesting things about the Merry Cemetery:
1.Founder Stan Ioan Patras extended the vertical side of the cross, just to have the epitaph .
2.The first epitaph of the Merry Cemetery dates back to 1935. So far, about 800 decorated crosses have been gathered, which attracted a lot of tourists.
Locals save money to order unique crosses!
3.Locals save money through life to buy carved and painted wood crosses in the style of the Sapanta Cemetery that will tell the story of their lives.
4.Stan Ioan Patras was a popular artist, sculptor, poet and painter and worked on his artworks over 50 years.
5.The work and tradition of Stan Ioan Pătraş is carried on by his disciple Dumitru Pop Tincu.
6.Fashion lovers have transposed the works of the popular artist Patras in their creations, which are well received by the loving audience of beauty.
7.In a ranking of funerary monuments in the world, the Merry Cemetery of Sapanta is second, after the Kings Valley in Egypt. The Romanian cemetery is ranked first in the same top of Europe.
Everything is done manually!!!
8.Each cross has a short poem, some simple rhymes, between 7 and 17 verses and contains the name of the deceased.
9.Everything is done manually. Once the oak tree takes the form of the cross, the color is known as the Sapphire Blue is applied, and then the elements of decoration, rhymes, scenes of the deceased's life and the motives of death are passed. A cross may cost between 1,500 lei and 2,500 lei, depending on the complexity of the work.
10.Being an important tourist point, the Merry Cemetery in Săpânţa has a visiting program (daily from 10.00 to 18.00), but also a modest entrance fee (2 lei, 4 lei, photo - 4 lei, video - 10 lei ).
I live about 20 minutes from this place and I feel very proud that our country is known as the country with the most beautiful and special cemetery !