Botiza ( hu, Batiza, yi, בוטיזה) is a commune in
Maramureș County
Maramureș County () is a county (județ)
in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare.
Name
In Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian as Мараморо́щина, in German as ''Kreis Marmarosch' ...
,
Maramureș
or Marmaroshchyna ( ro, Maramureș ; uk, Мармарощина, Marmaroshchyna; hu, Máramaros) is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, alon ...
,
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
. The commune is well known for its handmade wool carpets. It is composed of a single village, Botiza, also including
Poienile Izei
Poienile Izei ( hu, Sajómező or hu, Sajópolyána, yi, פאליען-גלאד or ''Polien-Glod'') is a commune in Maramureș County, Maramureș, Romania. The commune is composed of a single village, Poienile Izei, which was part of Botiza Commu ...
until the latter was split off to form a separate commune in 1995.
Image:Botiza 2009 05.JPG, Houses near the village center
Image:Wooden church in Botiza 02.JPG, Wooden church (1699)
Image:Botiza monastery 01.JPG, Monastery (1998)
References
Botiza
Localities in Romanian Maramureș
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