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Marginea Ceramics is already a well-known brand. Historians date the beginning of pottery at Marginea in 1500. Pottery appeared due to the necessity of storing food. The pottery had its role in primitive society development because it made possible the storage of food. Imagine your kitchen without these ordinary objects. Due to its geographical position, Marginea commune is surrounded by forestes, its soil is argellaceous and it is crossed by the Sucevita river. All these features are fundamental for the craft born from the magical triangel of clay, water and fire. Before the communist oppression in Marginea there were at least 60 families of potters as declared an old potter who reached Munich to present his craft.

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Within the Marginea Complex one can find the ethnographic museum, placed in an 100 hundred years old house, where travelers can halt. Once you enter the house, you can admire the traditional costumes from Bucovina, especially the ones in Radauti, traditional costumes used by the villagers at the most important events. The tourists have the possibility to purchase these great treasures of Bucovina.
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