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Horezu - The Famous Capital of Ceramic Decoration

Welcome to Horezu's Land! craftsmen.
Art Style Decoration in unique shapes & The special combination of clay, in
perfect colors mixture with white and yellow earth, is
The city of Horezu it is the one brought from a hill, nearby Horezu. It's
important sightseeing area from Romania. a special place with an amazing culture
It was mention for the first time in one of decoration. People from this part of
document from 1487, as a village. In the world have inherited the secret for
1780, The prince Constantin Brancoveanu years. A very ancient receipt says that
had donated the Horezu land to the Horezu the mixture had to be deposited and left
Monastery, the most important complex of to yeast.
Brancovenesque religious architecture. For a very good manufacturing process,
Horezu Monastery was built by Constantin the big balls of the special mixture are
Brancoveanu between 1690 and 1697. The brought in small pieces. The next steps
big church is decorated on the outside are successively wetting and drying. In
with stone sculptures with floral motifs, the end of this process, the small pieces
and the internal paintings are valuable of clay are kneaded to obtain an uniform
art. Legend says that, for fear of the consistency.
Turks invasion, the craftsmen built only The instrument of manufacturing is also
during the night when the owls were an ancient piece from this remarkable
hooting (hence the name of the monastery, treasury. The wheel of the potter-moved
owl = huhurez). Today, the Horezu by the feet-is rolling for giving the
Monastery - medieval art monument - is unique shape of the pot.
under protection of UNESCO, The United Decoration comes to define the marvelous
Nations Educational, Scientific and pieces of art also the painting, by hand,
Cultural Organization with natural colors, using specific
In Horezu was certified The Famous instruments and techniques.
Painting School which polarized all the The most appreciated motifs, used over
artistic talents and created a new 2000 years ago, are the cock, the tree
artistic current in art: Brancovenesque life, the sun and the stars, the wheat
Style. ears, the fish, and the snake bring the
The famous culture of Horezu is well kept richness and the safeness in everybody's
and saved by the Library of Constantin home.
Brancoveanu with contains a collection In the end, the pots are backed in
about 4000 books of great value. special furnaces.
Horezu is very well known Cultural & Art The National Art Fair "COCOSUL DE HUREZ"
Center and also with an ancient ("The cock of Horezu") is another
traditional ceramic history. The pottery attraction for tourists. This Art Fair
becomes the veritable brand of this area began in 1971 and had celebrated since
which attracts many visitors in each then, the pottery talents of Horezu. They
year. The beauty of this landscape is are the famous for their artistic talent
also well known by the tourists. and their produces are considering
Unique decorations pieces are from the masterpieces: veritable and original.
unique combination between the clay and Part of the Horezu's beauty, can be
white earth. The basic materials are from founded at Hana RISS, the new trend of
Horezu's Land, the famous region from handmade ceramics. Hana RISS has focused
East Europe, which is already well known on handmade culture decoration form
for its finest handmade decoration and Horezu and it is addressed to everybody
for its amazing artistic talent of who appreciates it.




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