DRANICA and ViaGastrocarpathia represent key milestones in our long-term initiative to build a sustainable platform for safeguarding and promoting the traditional crafts of our region.

ViaGastrocarpathia is a cross-border cultural and tourism route spanning Maramureș (Romania), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (Hungary), and Transcarpathia (Ukraine). Designed as a discovery tool, it invites visitors to explore the most valuable places, people, and living traditions of the Carpathian Euroregion.

DRANICA marks the first focused thematic step along the ViaGastrocarpathia route, shining a spotlight on the region’s unique immaterial wooden heritage and the knowledge behind traditional woodworking practices.This is only the beginning. Further thematic journeys will follow as we continue to expand and enrich this shared cultural platform. Stay connected.

Locations to visit

Temple Novoselytsya, wooden church, Ukraine

In the village of Novoselytsia, on a hill in the center of the village is the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. A...

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Mukachevo Castle, Ukraine

The Palanok Castle or Mukachevo Castle (Ukrainian: Замок “Паланок”, romanized: Zamok “Palanok”; Hungarian: Munkács vára, Munkácsi vár, German: Plankenburg) is a historic castle in the...

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Ieud Hill wooden church, Romania

The date of the construction of the wooden church in Ieud Deal has long been controversial. The elders of the village (and not only) claim...

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