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Jewish Cemetery of Sighet

Practical info

Type of location: Cemetery

Jewish Cemetery of Sighet

Strada Szilagiy Istvan, Sighet

Historical description

Sighet Marmatiei

At the northern border of Transylvania lies Sighet Marmatiei, unquestionably the region’s most original and charming little city, where Romanian, Hungarian, Roma and Ruthenian populations all coexist. Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel was born in this ... Read more