CRAFTS MANSHIP (HANDMADE)

From Radauti, Following the highroad we arrive at Marginea ( 8 km. ), Known especially as a center of black pottery who’s origin goes back till bronze age. The black pottery, polished by stone which is still made at Marginea, was assumed by Getac-Dacians. Its persistence until today is due to the quality of the pots, highly resistant to fire and it is the proof of the continuity of the aboriginal population in this area.

Marginea is a crossroad, national road 17 A which continues SW to Sucevita village and Sucevita monastery crossing a country road that links the upper valley of Suceava river the Moldova river’s valley.

Following the country road that goes to Vicarul de Jos and them follows the Suceava’s valley to west and Putna brook to north, we arrive at Putna Monastery ( 35 km. ), the legendary founding of Stephen the Great, risen between 1466-1469. Here it is the tomb of the ruler and an old art museum.

The city of Radauti has developed from a village situated on domain of the local bishopric founded in the second half of the XV-th century. Along its industry that gain a strong upsurge the city appeals through two valuable touristical objectives: the church of the voivode Bogdan and the ethnographical museum.
The church of voivode Bogdan shelters the tombs of the voievodes of the Moldova’s feudal state. This tomb is the oldest monument of this area and one of the oldest of the country.

The ethnographical museum near by Bogdan’s church gathered a rich collection of items that reflect the way of living, the occupations as well as the artistic manifestations of the peasants from this area in the past centuries. A valuable collection of disparaged eggs, another of old pottery, textures and popular seamless, wood sculptures and many other things complete the exhibits that present the shepherd the hunting and agriculture of northern Moldavia
Horezu City is situated in Horezu depression in Oltenia’s Subcarpathians. It is a city well known for its pottery made by the local artisans. This special pottery of big quality, with decorations that made it one of the most beautiful in the world.

The black pottery is to be found also in Danesti, on the upper course of Olt river in Ciuc Depression.

In Sighetu Marmatiei city is situated at the confluence of Iza with Tisa river ( Maramures ). Here we found a modern terracotta factory and pottery.
At Horezu there’s an annual potter’s fair market where artisans all over the country come to show their works: different items of popular art, day pots of all kinds, carpets, blankets, tissue fabrics and popular seamless ( national costumes ), wooden sculptures and where the tourists appreciate the work of those creators and carriers of ancestral traditions.

Corund – another settlement near Sovata resort Spas, is distinguished by its workmanship objects. The pottery that is made by its inhabitants is famous in all the country beside that of Vama, Horezu, Danesti. The art of pottery from Corund valuable and authentic, has a wide range of creations, revaluing at the same time old techniques of ornamentation and color preparation, such as yellow and green. Without deviating from tradition, from the long standing experience, the ceramists have also passed at building “monumental ceramic”. In Corund a Fair contest-ceramic is organised every year – “a manifestation of craftsmen in the pottery art, with the participation of other representative pottery centers of our country, where, along ceramists, participate ethnologists and different researchers to stimulate the concern and the artistic taste of the ones presents. The aragonite that is being exploited near by Corund is used to manufacture various pottery items.

In Maramures to Sighetul Marmatiei we leave to the left the road of the Iza Valley and we are moving towards the heights of Gutâi mountains, following Mara Valley, where villages string as a necklace on the water line, drowned in green orchards. Carved gates, houses covered by shingle and wooden churches continue to capture our attention. In the holidays the resident’s costumes complete the beautiful local scenery and we may say without exaggeration that the road on the Mara and Iza Valley is a huge gallery of folk art.

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