Barsana Monastery (Romania)

Barsana is a village in Maramures, on the right bank of the river Iza, 20 km off Sighetul Marmatiei. The legend says that Barsana Monastery originally stood across the river Iza, in the Slatina Valley, and that it was moved later to the right of the river, on Podurile Manastirii (The Monastery Bridges). Barsana is one of the wooden churches in Maramures, a beautiful synthesis of Eastern and Western European architecture, with Gothic and Byzantine elements. Its beauty and uniqueness made it one of the eight churches in the region that UNESCO designated WORLD HERITAGE site.