The Merry Cemetery
Sapanta · Romania
This machine is no longer here. The listing stays up because collectors come back years later to check whether the one they remember was real.
From collectors
31 Dec 2025: The machine is gone
The Merry Cemetery (Romanian: Cimitirul Vesel) is a cemetery in the village of Sapanta, Maramures county, Romania. It is famous for its colourful tombstones with naive paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the persons that are buried there as well as scenes from their lives. The Merry Cemetery became an open-air museum and a national tourist attraction. 7/14/11
The entry fee is 10 lei for adults
The machine is located near the main entrance of the cemetery. It takes 3 Romanian lei to make a coin. Designs are:
1) Image of a cross with amusing or satirical epitaphs carved on it
2) Stan Ioan Patras – creator
3) Religious picture
4) Church.
Machines and designs
| Machine | Designs | Coin type |
|---|---|---|
| Machine 1 | 4 | Euro |
1 photo from collectors
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