Este mes, hemos aprovechado unos dias para visitar otra de las regiones de Rumanía. En este caso le ha tocado el turno a Maramures, una zona con multiples valles situada al Norte del pais, lindando ya con Ucrania.
Alli se encuentran, entre otras cosas, las iglesias ortodoxas de madera con sus caracteristicos campanarios altos y delgados. Estas fueron construidas durante los siglos XVII y XVIII como respuesta a la prohibicion de la epoca de erigir iglesias ortodoxas de piedra. Y han resistido el paso de los siglos.
Estan hechas con troncos gruesos y pintadas en su interior con escenas bíblicas. Quedan todavia en pie en la zona 42 de estas iglesias y ocho de ellas fueron incluidas por la UNESCO como Patrimonio de la Humanidad en 1999.
Ademas de albergar dichas iglesias, Maramures es una region encantadora que aun conserva sus pueblos con sus casas de madera, su estilo de vida tradicional y los coloridos ropajes de sus habitantes. Es una zona donde el tiempo parece haberse parado hace siglos. Una sensacion fantástica.
He aprovechado para dibujar y sacar un buen numero de fotos para futuros dibujos.
En la foto de arriba podeis ver la iglesia de Leud.
Rumania, siempre sorprendente…

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This month, we have visited another of the regions of Romania. In this case, it was the turn of Maramures, an area with multiple valleys located in the north of the country, bordering Ukraine.
There you can find, among other things, Orthodox wooden churches with their characteristic tall and thin bell towers. These were built during the 17th and 18th centuries in response to the ban at that time on erecting stone Orthodox churches. And they are still standing!
They are made with thick logs and painted inside with biblical scenes. There are still 42 of these churches standing in the area and eight of them were included by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites in 1999.
In addition of hosting these churches, Maramures is a charming region that still preserves its villages with wooden houses, its traditional lifestyle and the colorful clothing of its inhabitants. It is an area where time seems to have stopped centuries ago. Something remarkable.
I had the opportunity to draw and take a good number of photos that could serve for future drawings.
In the photo above you can see one of these churches, the one of Leud.
Romania, always a surprising country…!