{"id":330,"date":"2022-03-30T11:37:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T11:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ajankowski.eu\/?p=330"},"modified":"2022-04-13T05:30:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T05:30:42","slug":"the-merry-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajankowski.eu\/index.php\/2022\/03\/30\/the-merry-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Merry Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In Romania in the village of S\u0103p\u00e2n\u0163a, not too far from the Ukrainian border, there is the Merry Cemetery inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/ajankowski.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180814_170850-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajankowski.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20180814_170850-1024x576.jpg 1024w, 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