Sighetu Marmatiei

Few towns in Maramureș have a history as closely tied to the administration of the historic Maramureș region as Sighetu Marmației. Once the seat of the old Maramureș county, it stands close to the Tisa, whose far bank is Ukraine; the Iza joins the river nearby. The former political prison now houses the Memorial to the Victims of Communism and of the Resistance, documenting repression under Romania’s communist regime. Sighet is also the birthplace of Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor. Its streets provide an urban counterpoint to the wooden-church traditions associated with the wider Maramureș area. Discover other points of interest through webcams located across Sighetu Marmației and Maramureș.

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