Merry Cemetery

The Merry Cemetery is a cemetery in the village of , , . It is famous for its brightly coloured tombstones with naïve paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, and often with humour, the people who are buried there in addition to scenes from their lives.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: cemetery in Săpânța, Romania
  • Also known as: “„Cimitirul Vesel””, “cimetière joyeux de Sapânța”, “Mutlu Mezarlık”, “Vesel Cemetery”, and “サプンツァ墓地”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Church of the Nativity of Mary and Săpânța Greek Catholic Church.

Church
Photo: Teodor6502002, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
Photo: Chainwit., CC BY 4.0.
is situated 230 metres northeast of Merry Cemetery.

Monastery
Photo: DimiTalen, CC0.
The church of Archangel Michael in Săpânța-Peri from… is situated 1½ km north of Merry Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Săpânța and Teresva.

Village
Photo: Curcan ionel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village.

Town
Photo: MSha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a rural settlement in of in western . is situated 3 km north of Merry Cemetery.

Village
Photo: S.Nededa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bedevlia is a village in of western . is situated 4 km northwest of Merry Cemetery.

Merry Cemetery

Latitude
47.97138° or 47° 58′ 17″ north
Longitude
23.6947° or 23° 41′ 41″ east
Open location code
8GV5XMCV+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43450039
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­cemetery
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q965491
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Armenian—“Merry Cemetery” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Varreza qejflike”
  • Armenian: “Ուրախ գերեզմանատուն”
  • Belarusian: “Вясёлыя могілкі”
  • Catalan: “Cementiri alegre de Săpânța”
  • Catalan: “Cementiri alegre”
  • Chinese: “瑟彭察欢乐墓园”
  • Czech: “Veselý hřbitov”
  • Dutch: “Merry Cemetery”
  • Esperanto: “Gaja tombejo”
  • Estonian: “Rõõmus surnuaed”
  • Finnish: “Hilpeä hautausmaa”
  • French: “cimetière joyeux de Săpânța”
  • French: “Cimetière joyeux de Săpânța”
  • German: “Fröhlicher Friedhof”
  • Hungarian: “‘Vidám’ temető”
  • Hungarian: “szaploncai vidám temető”
  • Hungarian: “Vidám temető”
  • Italian: “Cimitirul Vesel”
  • Japanese: “陽気な墓”
  • Latvian: “Jautrā kapsēta”
  • Lithuanian: “Linksmosios kapinės”
  • Persian: “گورستان خرم”
  • Polish: “Wesoły Cmentarz”
  • Portuguese: “Cemitério alegre de Săpânța”
  • Portuguese: “Cemitério Alegre de Săpânța”
  • Romanian: “Cimitirul Vesel din Săpânța”
  • Russian: “Весёлое кладбище”
  • Serbian: “Весело гробље”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio alegre de Săpânța”
  • Spanish: “Cementerio alegre de Sapantza”
  • Thai: “สุสานชื่นบาน”
  • Turkish: “Neşeli Mezarlık”
  • Ukrainian: “Веселий Цвинтар”
  • Western Armenian: “Ուրախ Հանգստարան”

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