Objects of the Carpathian cultural route
It is a regional museum that represents the historical province of Maramures. The current structure of the museum includes it as a type of museum complex, nationally representative of each historical province of the country. It differs from museums based on territorial and administrative structures, i.e. county museums, which…
The Memorial to the Victims of Communism and Resistance was created and is managed by the Civic Academy Foundation. “The greatest victory of communism – a victory that was dramatically revealed only after 1989 – was the creation of a man without memory, a new brainwashed man who…
One of the most famous tourist attractions in Maramures, the Merry Cemetery, is a unique place in the world that brings a bit of optimism to the perception of death. The cemetery is the result of many years of work by the master Stan Ioan Patras, who created real…
Most experts date the wooden church of “Holy Pious Paraskeva” from Desesti to 1770, which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999. Post-Byzantine paintings from the 18th century, typical of Maramures, still cover the walls of three rooms and are associated with the names of two…
The Citadel Square and Stefan’s Tower, two sites that are linked to the history of Baia Mare, have undergone extensive restoration, reconstruction and modernisation work. According to the local authorities, the area will become a museum and, at the same time, a major tourist destination on the map of…
The Museum of Ethnography and Folk Art of Baia Mare County is a public cultural institution subordinated to the Maramures County Council. The museum is located on the Hill of Flowers, in a picturesque area of the city, near the historic centre. The institution consists of two locations: The…
The idea of establishing a museum in Baia Mare originated in the late 19th century, when there were already quite consistent collections of “old objects”, capitalised on by the first historical exhibition. On 31 August 1899, thanks to the efforts of the historian Schӧnherr Gyula, the Baia Mare Museum…
The “Victor Gorduza” County Museum of Mineralogy Baia Mare – MusMin – is one of the most important museums with natural sciences profile in Romania and the largest regional museum of mineralogy in Europe, whereas the entire museum patrimony, either exhibited or stored, comes from the north-western area of…
„Colonia Pictorilor”(“Painters’ Colony”) is located on a plot of land with an area of 13,417 sqm, the settlement consisting of creative spaces, organized in 5 buildings, constructed in 1900 – 1911 – 1920 – 1968, as well as a contemporary building designed and built in 2012, called Documentation and…
The County Art Museum the « Artistic Centre Baia Mare» is a cultural institution located in the Old Center of Baia Mare, at 1 Mai Street, no.8. The building of the museum operates was erected in 1748 and is a historical monument of national importance. Although seen from the…
Coltău is one of the most famous places of pilgrimage linked to poet Sándor Petőfi in Northern Transylvania. Mór Jókai’s visits and Petőfi’s poems established Coltău’s literary reputation. The Coltău commune is located on the terrace of Lăpuş 10 km south of Baia Mare Municipality, the capital of…
Among the valuable church and religious art monuments, which attract the admiration and appreciation of visitors from the country and abroad, a leading place is occupied by the The “Saint Ana” Monastery from Rohia, in ” Lapuşului Land”, Maramureş County. Located in a picturesque setting, on the ridge of…
The wooden church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Rogoz, Maramures county, is one of the most interesting and valuable in Transylvania. Rogoz is located 6 km from Tirgu Lepus. The church is on the list of historical monuments from 2004, code MM-II-m-A-04618. This historical monument is…
Built in 1721 by the Greek Catholic community of the village and supervised by master craftsman Iona Makari from mountain oak wood, the church is impressive in keeping with wooden structures of the time, with a total height of 72 metres. The main tower is surrounded by four smaller…
The village of Breb is located in the central and northern part of the Maramures Basin, in the upper part of the Mara River basin, in the northern foothills of the Gutai massif, in the valley of the Breboia stream. The village is located 6 km from the resort…
The wooden church dedicated to “Saint Nicholas” in Budesti Josani, built in 1643, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999. With a length of 18 metres, a width of 8 metres and a height of 26 metres, the building is the largest wooden church in historic…
One of the most visited attractions in Maramureș, the Bârsana Orthodox Convent is a monastic ensemble consisting of several wooden buildings and following the traditional style of Maramureș, with a church tower that stands out, 74 metres high. The foundation stone of the new monastery was laid in…
The wooden Church of the Nativity in Ieud din Deal dates back to the early 17th century, when it was built by the Bala family, part of the local nobility. In addition to its early dating, the church is also notable for the discovery in 1921 of the Ieud…
Welcome to Mocănița, Maramureș! We invite you to enjoy a unique experience, a journey on the last active forest railway in the world on which steam locomotives run, in a wild and charming natural setting located right in the heart of the Maramureș Mountains and also to learn the…
“If the Greeks invented tragedy, the Romans invented the epistle and the Renaissance sonnet, then our generation has invented a new literature – the literature of witnessing. We have all been witnesses, and we feel that we will have to witness the future. And this became the mana, the…
The Pastoral Cultural Center “Saint Joseph the Confessor”, located in the historic center, has the shape of a small fortress, with 4 towers and a portal-type entrance suggesting a fortress. The robust silhouette of the building rises vertically on the basis of a high ground floor with stone on…
The Museum of Astronomical Sciences was opened in 1969, as the first public planetarium in Romania. The analog and opto-mechanical planetary system was modernized in 2015 with the state-of-the-art Zeiss Skymaster ZKP4 fiber optic star projector, manufactured by the German company ZEISS, which uses fiber optics, LED technology and…
The “George Pop de Băsești” Memorial Museum is arranged in an emblematic building, which belonged to the Pop de Băsești family. Inside the museum, visitors can discover the documentary-historical exhibition “George Pop de Băsești and the Great Union of Romanians”, as well as pieces of furniture, paintings, and decorative…
The “Dr. Vasile Lucaciu” Museum and Monumental Ensemble evokes the personality of the one nicknamed “The Lion of Şișești” (1852-1922), a well-known fighter for the rights of Romanians in Transylvania. The ensemble includes: the Church of the Holy Union of All Romanians (1890), with the tomb of Vasile Lucaciu,…
The “Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary” in Călineşti-Căeni, having an archaic architectural style, is currently a historical monument, inscribed in the National Heritage List. This church is small, originally built of oak wood, covered with shingles. According to some documents, it seems that it had the…
The wooden church “The Birth of the Virgin Mary” in Ieud Șes is a historical monument of national importance. It was built in 1717, after the last invasion of the Tatars, being one of the largest wooden constructions in Romania. Also called the “Wooden Cathedral”. Through its monumentality and…
The Museum Collection of the Hutsuls in Repedea is the only museum dedicated exclusively to the Hutsuls community in Maramureș. The collection includes: Traditional Hutsuls objects: tools, folk costumes, handicrafts, furniture, utensils and elements of the traditional household. Historical and ethnographic evidence: documents, old photographs, rare…