Category: Travel
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More Wanderings in Northern Romania
Besides the wooden churches and painted monasteries, we happened to find Elie Wiesel’s house, a Memorial to victims of Communism, a a pretty awesome Painted Egg museum
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Seeing the 15th century: The Painted Monasteries of Bucovina:
These Orthodox Painted Churches date from the 15th Century. Amazingly well preserved even on much of the exterior walls.
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The Wooden Churches of Maramureș
The Marmures region of northern Romania has a unique collection of 17th century Orthodox wooden churches. We visited four of the eight on the UNESCO heritage list.