{"id":1684,"date":"2021-08-12T15:50:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfoto.pl\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2025-06-18T19:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T19:48:29","slug":"cimitirul-vesel-in-sapanta-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfoto.pl\/index.php\/2021\/08\/12\/cimitirul-vesel-in-sapanta-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"Cimitirul Vesel in S\u0103p\u00e2n\u021ba, Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Merry Cemetery is a cemetery in the village of S\u0103p\u00e2n\u021ba, in Romania, famous for its brightly coloured tombstones with na\u00efve paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the people who are buried there in addition to scenes from their lives.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1684 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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