Cemetery #19128
Vesel Cemetery
Local name: Cimitirul Vesel
Also known as Cimitirul Vesel din Săpânța · Cimitirul vesel II
3
documented records
≈ 110–210
approx. capacity (graves)
5,330 m²
cemetery area
Oct 18, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
The Merry Cemetery is in the village of Săpânța, Maramureș County, Romania. It is known for its brightly coloured wooden crosses and tombstones bearing naive paintings and verses about the people buried there, often with humour. The painter Stan Ioan Pătraș is credited with the idea behind it. It has become an open-air museum and a national tourist attraction. Further details are available from cimitirulvesel-sapanta.com.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 47.971432° N, 23.694857° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
3 memorials, A–Z by surname.
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Săpânța Adventist Cemetery 680 m away · Săpânța
- Săpânţa Jewish Cemetery 970 m away · Săpânţa
- Cemetery near Bedevlya 4.3 km away · Bedevlya
- Câmpulung la Tisa Jewish Cemetery 4.7 km away · Câmpulung la Tisa
- Câmpulung la Tisa Reformed Cemetery 5.8 km away · Câmpulung la Tisa
- Tyachivske Municipal Cemetery 9.3 km away · Tiachiv
- Sarasău Cemetery 10 km away · Sarasău
- Solotvyno Cemetery 12 km away · Solotvyno
- Sighetu Marmației Paupers' Cemetery 13 km away · Sighetu Marmaţiei
- Ruskopolivske Cemetery 14 km away · Ruske Pole
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Common questions
How big is Vesel Cemetery?
Vesel Cemetery covers about 5,330 m² (1.3 acres), about half the size of a soccer field. It is the 31st smallest of the 89 cemeteries we list in Maramureş.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Vesel Cemetery is that of Ion Petrenjel Stan, who died in 1988 at the age of 89.