The Founder
The cemetery's origins are linked with the name of Stan Ioan Pătraş, a local artist who sculpted the first tombstone crosses. In 1935, Pătraş carved the first epitaph and, as of 1960s, more than 800 of such oak wood crosses came into sight. The inscription on his tombstone cross says:
| Romanian
De cu tînăr copilaş Cîte zile am trăit Vai săraca lumea mea |
English
Since I was a little boy All along my life Oh, my poor World |
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