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