Between 1775-1918, Suceava was under the Habsburg occupation. During the interwar period it was better known as a trading center for highlanders and lowlanders exchanging specific products. In the past two decades Suceava has acquired a now urban look and continued its economic reform. The idea of painting on the outside walls of churches a Bible in images within the understanding of the masses was in fact a real educational program of the Middle Ages. The suite of images develops like a colour film, including tales and legends, customs or great historical events.
Folk art is also well represented in the region.
The black pattery of Marginea is remarkable for the elegance of its shapes and the austerity of its polished decoration, with geometrical motifs arranged in registers or isolated. Amateurs of folk art can also admire marvellous fabrics and costumes at Arbore, long furred coats at Radauti, Campulung Moldovenesc and Gura Humorului, fine rural architecture at Ciocanesti, coloured poltery at Radauti.