Săpânţa

Săpânţa

Săpânţa (IPA pronunciation in Romanian: /səpɨntsa/; old spelling "Săpînţa"; Hungarian: "Szaplonca", Slovak: "Sapunka", Yiddish: "Spinka" or "Shpinka") is a commune in Maramureş County in northern Romania, 15 kilometers northwest of Sighet and just south of the Tisza River.

It is known for its "Merry Cemetery" and was the original home of the Spinka dynasty of Hasidic Rebbes.

External links

* More about [http://www.spirit.ro/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=21&Itemid= Maramureş and the *Merry Cemetery*]
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/59441.html New York Times Article: In *Merry Cemetery*, Romanians' lives in carvings and verse]
* More photo sources with Google search " Merry Cemetery, Romania "


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