A nun walks in the yard of Barsana monastery in the Maramures region (700km northwest of Bucharest) in this July 2, 2004 file picture. European Union candidate Romania has recently launched a programme of helping local communities draw EU funds to make the wooden churches of Maramures more visitor-friendly and bring wealthy western tourists to this unique but distant region in the north of the Balkan country. TO ACCOMPANY FEATURE BC-ROMANIA-CHURCHES. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel BC/GB