Baia Mare
What to see in Baia Mare
Things to see, picked to fill a whole day.
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1Historic centre, medieval towerCentrul vechi: Piața Libertății și Turnul Ștefan
The main square of the medieval town, with 15th- to 18th-century houses and the House of John Hunyadi, and next to it Stephen's Tower, a 15th-century stone bell tower you can climb.
The historic centre and Stephen's Tower are monuments of national value; on Google the tower holds 4.7 from more than 2,600 reviews and the old centre 4.6 from more than 3,400.
Centrul vechi- 2Mineralogy museum
Muzeul Județean de Mineralogie „Victor Gorduza”
The county mineralogy museum, with more than 1,000 minerals, rocks, ores and fossils from the mines of the Baia Mare area, among them the crystals known as 'mine flowers'.
It holds 4.8 on Google from more than 2,300 reviews and shows the minerals brought up from the mines around the town.
Centru nou (bulevardul Traian) 
3Wooden church, UNESCO World Heritage siteBiserica de lemn din Șurdești
The Greek Catholic Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, built of oak in 1721, with a tall pointed tower visible from afar; a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1999.
It is one of the eight wooden churches of Maramureș on the UNESCO World Heritage List and a listed monument of national value.
Șurdești, comuna Șișești (20 km)
4Wooden church, UNESCO World Heritage siteBiserica de lemn din Plopiș
The Orthodox Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, built by the villagers at the end of the 18th century and consecrated in 1811, on a plateau above the village; a UNESCO World Heritage site.
It has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1999 and is a listed monument of national value, and its trefoil nave vault is found in no other wooden church in Transylvania and Maramureș.
Plopiș, comuna Șișești (22 km)
5Wooden church, UNESCO World Heritage siteBiserica de lemn din Rogoz
The Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in the Lăpuș country, built by tradition in 1663, with an asymmetric roof and paintings from 1785; a UNESCO World Heritage site.
It is the oldest of the three UNESCO churches near Baia Mare, a World Heritage site since 1999 and a listed monument of national value.
Rogoz, orașul Târgu Lăpuș (circa 50 km)