There are plans to open the Olari Cultural Center, a new institution on Olari Street, in September. It will showcase Horezu ceramics, host conferences and present demonstrations by potters. The cultural center was paid for by the town of Horezu and the Romanian government. Olari Street is about a 10-minute drive from the entrance to town, which is crowded with souvenir shops. Many hawk ceramics from Bulgaria that tourists mistake for local pottery, said Laurentiu Pietraru, 52, a potter and shop owner in Horezu who sells ceramics made in the town for about $2 to $54.

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Persons: Constantin Popa, Georgeta Popa, ” Tim Curtis, Daniela Ogrezeanu, Nicolae Sardarescu, Laurentiu Pietraru Locations: Horezu, Romanian, Bulgaria