The document summarizes information about the village of Săpânța in Romania. It discusses how the Merry Cemetery in Săpânța is famous for its colorful tombstones painted with scenes from the lives of those buried there. The cemetery originated in the 1930s when a local artist began carving epitaphs and wood crosses for tombstones. An example of a humorous epitaph from the cemetery is provided that jokes about not wanting one's mother-in-law to return from the grave. It also briefly mentions the Săpânța Peri monastery church, known as the tallest wooden structure in the world.

1. Săpânța it’s a village which is a part of a
Romanian commune in Maramures county.
Universit of Agronomic sciences and
Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania
Săpânța is know for:
The Merry Cemetery is famous for its colourful
tombstones with naive paintings describing, in an
original and poetic manner, the persons who are
buried there as well as scenes from their lives. The
Merry Cemetery became an open-air museum and a
national tourist attraction.
The cemetery's origins are linked with the
name of Stan Ioan Patras, a local artist who
sculpted the first tombstone crosses. In
1935, Pătraș carved the first epitaph and, as
of the 1960s, more than 800 of such oak
wood crosses came into sight.
An example of a funny epitaph is:
Under this heavy cross
Lies my poor mother in-law
Three more days should she have lived
I would lie, and she would read .
You, who here are passing by
Not to wake her up please try
Cause' if she comes back home
She'll criticise me more.
But I will surely behave
So she'll not return from grave.
Stay here, my dear mother in-law!
Săpânța Peri
monastery church,
the tallest wooden
structure in the
world
Grupa 8113 , Teodorescu Sebastian