Maramures, Romania: Welcome to the heart of Romania, the land time forgot

By Tatyana Leonov
September 12 2015 - 12:15am
A farmer using the local time-honoured mode of transport.
A farmer using the local time-honoured mode of transport.
A farmer using the local time-honoured mode of transport.
A farmer using the local time-honoured mode of transport.
A farmer using the local time-honoured mode of transport.
A farmer using the local time-honoured mode of transport.
Woodcarving in "The Land of Wood".
Woodcarving in "The Land of Wood".
Mural paintings inside Saint Parascheva church.
Mural paintings inside Saint Parascheva church.
Decorative cowbells in Patru Godja Pupaza's workshop.
Decorative cowbells in Patru Godja Pupaza's workshop.
Patru Godja Pupaza and his handmade, hand-decorated wardrobe.
Patru Godja Pupaza and his handmade, hand-decorated wardrobe.
A farmer using the local time-honoured mode of transport.
A farmer using the local time-honoured mode of transport.

Our drive from Baia Mare (the capital of Maramures County, one of 41 counties in Romania) to historical Maramures only takes an hour or so, but we leave behind shops, banks, fast-food restaurants and everything I know about modern life and enter a semi-medieval world that I thought only existed in my pre-teen imagination.

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