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    Set amid beautiful rolling hills and farmlands close to the Tisa River, Sighetu Marmatiei, also known as Sighet, is the second-largest town in the Maramures region, an area noted for its rich centuries-old traditions. Sighetu Marmatiei (called in the past Sighetul Maramureşului) was - for over six centuries - the capital of the region of Maramures.
    Sighetu Marmatiei is a good starting point for visiting Maramures's river valleys Tisa, Iza, Viseu, Mara and Cosau, doted with traditional villages. The people of Maramures have preserved, to an amazing extent, the rural culture and crafts of their Dacian ancestors.
    Synagogue of Sighet. Photo by Andrei Kokelburg 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 Hasidic township.
    In August 1940, the Second Vienna Award, arbitrated by Germany and Italy, reassigned the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary. As a result, Sighetu Marmației came under Hungarian administration during World War II. A first deportation of Jews from Sighet took place in 1941.
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    Sighetu Marmației - Wikipedia

    Sighetu Marmației (Romanian pronunciation: [ˌsiɡetu marˈmat͡si.ej], also spelled Sighetul Marmației; German: Marmaroschsiget or Siget; Hungarian: Máramarossziget, Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmaːrɒmɒroʃsiɡɛt] ⓘ; Ukrainian: Сигіт, romanized: Syhit; Yiddish: סיגעט, romanized: Siget), until 1960 Sighet, is a city ... See more

    Sighetu Marmației , until 1960 Sighet, is a city (municipality) in Maramureș County near the Iza River, in northwestern Romania. See more

    Sighetu Marmației is situated along the Tisa river on the border with Ukraine, across from the Ukrainian town of Solotvyno. … See more

    The municipality's name derives from Hungarian name which means "island in Máramaros". According to the legend, the place name comes from the Hungarian expression "mára … See more

    After the establishment of the Romanian communist regime, the Securitate ran the Sighet Prison during the 1950s and 1960s as a place for the … See more

    At the 2021 census, Sighetu Marmației had a population of 32,793. At the 2011 census, the city had 37,640 inhabitants; of those, 82.2% were Romanians, 13% Hungarians, … See more

    Inhabited since the Hallstatt period, the populated area lies in the Tisza Valley, an important route as being the only access to the otherwise mountainous, sparsely populated region. After See more

    Twin towns — Sister cities
    Sighetu Marmației is twinned with:
    Khust, Ukraine
    Oława, Poland
    Kolomyia, Ukraine See more

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    If you are looking for a place where time seems to stand still and traditions are preserved, you might want to visit Sighetu Marmatiei, a charming town in the Maramures region of Romania. Here, you can admire the wooden churches, the colorful folk costumes, and the intricate carvings on the gates and houses. You can also learn about the history and culture of the town at the Ethnography Museum, the Elie Wiesel Memorial House, and the Museum of Arrested Thought, a former communist prison. For a contrast, you can explore the nearby 'Merry Cemetery', where the tombstones are decorated with humorous and poetic verses. Sighetu Marmatiei is a place where you can experience the authentic and rural side of Romania, surrounded by scenic hills and farmlands.
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    WEBAt 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. …