Săpânța, Stan Ioan Pătraș Museum

GPS Coordinates:
47.97127 N, 23.69113 E

Stan Ioan Pătraș started carving small crosses, because his father was on the front and he had to help his mother, who had three more children. The idea crosses with picture and epitaph came from Gregory Ritiu Greek Catholic priest, professor of Romanian and Latin.

In 1940 begin to appear wider crosses with epitaph in Romanian with humorous shades. That was thought Ritiu keep Romanian, because the area was under control Hungarian and Romanian language was forbidden in government and schools. Nobody knew how long this would take, and the locals came to the cemetery as a library. Stan Ioan Patras have a natural, filled the whole cemetery. Dumitru Pop was a disciple near Stan Ioan Patras, and after nine years, and master's death in 1977 took over the business. He also deals with the memorial house, exhibits photos, diplomas and works by Stan Ioan Patras.

Contact:

0040-262-311-521

You can speak with us in:

Romanian

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