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- Sighetu Marmatiei (also spelled Sighet), with its 41,000 inhabitants, is the main town of the Maramureş region (northern Transylvania, Romania). Inhabited since the Stone Age, the settlement was first mentioned in 1334, and as town, in 1352. Today, Sighet is the gateway of Maramures, and one of its most important tourist attractions.
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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 ...
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.
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.
Situat la confluența râurilor Iza și Tisa, municipiul Sighet (cuprinzând în anul 2007 circa de 55.000 locuitori) este centrul cultural și economic al Maramureșului istoric. Până în 1919 Sighetul a fost reședința comitatului Maramureș, iar în perioada interbelică a fost reședința județului Maramureș (interbelic) și, totodată ...
Sighetu Marmatiei (also spelled Sighet), with its 41,000 inhabitants, is the main town of the Maramureş region (northern Transylvania, Romania). Inhabited since the Stone Age, the settlement was first mentioned in 1334, and as town, in 1352.
Orasul Sighetu Marmatiei este asezat in nordul Romaniei, chiar la granita cu Ucraina, delimitata de raul Tisa. Cele mai cunoscute obiective turistice din Sighetu Marmatiei sunt Memorialul Victimelor Comunismului si al Rezistentei si Muzeul Satului Maramuresean.
Situated at the confluence of the most important valleys in the Maramures Depression, Sighetu Marmatiei had an essential administrative and socio-cultural role in this region. Attested at the beginning of the 14th century, it became one of the most important medieval cities in Romania.
