Mănăstirea Peri Săpânța

Peri Săpânța Monastery is known for its wooden church, considered one of the tallest wooden churches in the world, a remarkable spiritual and architectural landmark set near the village of Săpânța in northern Maramureș, close to the border with Ukraine. Raised at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the church continues the centuries-old tradition of the Maramureș wooden churches, with its extremely tall, sharp spire, which reaches over seventy metres and dominates the whole valley. The settlement evokes the old Peri Monastery, an important medieval monastic and cultural centre of northern Maramureș, today on Ukrainian territory, where some of the oldest religious texts in the Slavonic language of the region are said to have been printed.

The modern construction blends the mastery of traditional carpentry with the ambition of an impressive silhouette. Set not far from the famous Merry Cemetery of Săpânța, the monastery forms part of a tourist and spiritual circuit of the area. Visitors are asked to respect the sacred character of the place, proper dress and the quiet of a monastic settlement.