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Bends

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Sunset over Matera

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:20:26 -0700

One of the most beautiful oldtowns in Southern Italy.

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Memories of last summer

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 04:32:36 -0800

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The funnel

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:04:53 -0800

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Roof of a trullo in Alberobello, Apulia, Southern Italy.

A trullo (plural, trulli) is a traditional Apulian dry stone hut with a conical roof. Their style of construction is specific to the Itria Valley, in the Murge area of the Italian region of Apulia. Trulli were generally constructed as temporary field shelters and storehouses or as permanent dwellings by small proprietors or agricultural labourers.

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Matera by night

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:32:03 -0800

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Matera has gained international fame for its ancient town, the "Sassi di Matera" (meaning "stones of Matera"). The Sassi originate from a prehistoric (troglodyte) settlement, and are suspected to be some of the first human settlements in Italy. The Sassi are houses dug into the calcareous rock itself, which is characteristic of Basilicata and Apulia. Many of these "houses" are really only caverns, and the streets in some parts of the Sassi often are located on the rooftops of other houses. The ancient town grew in height on one slope of the ravine created by a river that is now a small stream. The ravine is known locally as "la Gravina". In the 1950s, the government of Italy forcefully relocated most of the population of the Sassi to areas of the developing modern city. However, people continued to live in the Sassi, and according to the English Fodor's guide:
“ Matera is the only place in the world where people can boast to be still living in the same houses of their ancestors of 9,000 years ago. ”

Until the late 1980s this was considered an area of poverty, since these houses were, and in most areas still are, mostly unlivable. Current local administration, however, has become more tourism-oriented, and has promoted the re-generation of the Sassi with the aid of the European Union, the government, UNESCO, and Hollywood. Today there are many thriving businesses, pubs, and hotels.
(Source: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matera)

Locorotondo

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 13:03:39 -0800

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This is a corner of Locorotondo, in Apulia, Southern Italy: it's an awesome place.

White Locorotondo is the most beautiful balcony in Murgia dei Trulli. From its belvedere, you can admire territory that at times seems emotional: a mosaic made of small vineyards surrounded by stoned walls, scrubs of Mediterranean forests and silver olive tree gardens that surround the old manor farms, thousands of trullo houses spread in the villages. Moreover, the small old centre of Locorotondo, closed into its circular perfection of stones and mortars, once upon a time marked by walls, seems pending between dream and reality: the white colour of lime wraps everything, it looks like flashing background of baroque architecture of local stones, underlining the intense colour of flowers on balconies. Characteristic peaky roofs made of grey stoned “chiancarelle”, called cummerse, exalt the facades, that inside represent the typical environment of star vaults. In the village centre there are no particular architectonical emergencies, everything is gracious and intimate, , and you can feel the sense of order, respect, and mature civility that surrounds small treasure chests of faith and art. From piazza Vittorio Emanuele square, where two big pillars from the 19th century mark the old Porta Napoli gate, you can follow a long path where you can find buildings such as former Town hall, today’s Communal Library (end of the 18th century), baroque Palazzo Morelli palace, with its splendid portal and small balconies with railings made of wrought iron, and up ahead, Chiesa Madre church. Dedicated to Saint George, the church, built between 1790 and 1825, where previously three churches dedicated to the same saint used to be , has a façade in style characteristic for the 16th century, and articulated plant shaped as the Greek cross. Inside it preserves 42 marble headstones in low relief from the end of the 16th century, with stories from the Old and New Testament, some baroque altars made of polychrome wedged marble blocks (1764) and a series of paintings painted by Gennaro Maldarelli (1838-41) of Naples. In the crypt there are rests of a burial site from the 19th centuries, some silver objects and urns. Near the church of Chiesa Madre, there is a small church of Annunziata of the 19th century , built where an old oratory from 1633 used to be, that inside preserves some wooden statues and papier-mâché. Chiesa della Madonna della Greca church is more important. Its origins are still unknown. The first document where this church had been mentioned is from 1520, even some architectonic elements, such as a half-barrel vault, make us conclude that it is older than presumed (the 12th -13th century). It has a nave and three aisles with column base and capitals decorated with medieval motif. A rich group of objects sculptured in stone comes from old chapel of Chiesa Madre. The most significant are triptych of the major altar and sculptures of Saint George(1559). Chiesa di San Nicola church (1660) is very original, with its “chiancarelle” stone covering, so typical for trullo houses. Inside, it shows frescoed vaults and an old low relief made of stone of Crucifixion. And finally, small chiesetta dell’Ospedale church, out of the town centre, has its origins in the middle of the 16th century. Beautiful apse, embellished by rests of a fresco representing a prayer addressed to Christ.

Windy

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 14:10:29 -0800

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Goodbye summer

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:05:43 -0800

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Memories of the long, hot summer days and the endless sunsets,now that we are almost freezing and under a boring rain.

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The wine maker

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 04:35:49 -0800

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L'Aglianico è un vitigno rosso coltivato prevalentemente in Basilicata, Campania, Puglia e Molise.
È un vitigno antico, probabilmente originario della Grecia e introdotto in Italia intorno al VII-VI secolo a.C. Una delle tante testimonianze della sua lunga storia è il ritrovamento dei resti di un torchio romano nella zona di Rionero in Vulture, provincia di Potenza. Non ci sono certezze sulle origini del nome, che potrebbero risalire all'antica città di Elea (Eleanico), sulla costa tirrenica della Campania, o essere più semplicemente una storpiatura della parola Ellenico. Testimonianze storico-letterarie sulla presenza di questo vitigno si trovano in Orazio, che cantò le qualità della sua terra natia Venosa e del suo ottimo vino. Il nome originario (Elleanico o Ellenico) divenne Aglianico durante la dominazione aragonese nel corso del XV secolo, a causa della doppia l pronunciata gli nell'uso fonetico spagnolo.
E' il vitigno fondamentale per la produzione del prestigioso Taurasi, importante DOCG rosso del Sud Italia.

Aglianico (pronounced [aʎˈʎaːniko], roughly "ahl-YAH-nee-koe") is a black grape grown in the Basilicata and Campania regions of Italy. The vine originated in Greece and was brought to the south of Italy by Greek settlers. The name may be a corruption of vitis hellenica, Latin for "Greek vine." Another etymology posits a corruption of Apulianicum, the Latin name for the whole of southern Italy in the time of ancient Rome. During this period, it was the principal grape of the famous Falernian wine, the Roman equivalent of a first-growth wine today.
In Campania, the area in and around the village of Taurasi produces Aglianico's only DOCG wine, also called Taurasi.
The Aglianico vine buds early and grows best in dry climates with generous amounts of sunshine. It has good resistance to outbreaks of oidium, but can be very susceptible to Peronospera. It also has low resistance to botrytis, but since it is much too tannic to make a worthwhile dessert wine, the presence of this noble rot in the vineyard is more of a viticultural hazard than an advantage.
The grape has a tendency to ripen late, with harvests as late as November in some parts of southern Italy. If the grape is picked too early, or with excessive yields, the grape can be aggressively tannic. The vine seems to thrive in particularly volcanic soils.

Tramonto alla Corricella

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 01:26:42 -0800

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Martina Franca. Old town

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 03:27:08 -0800

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Martina Franca is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, Apulia (Puglia), Italy. It is the second most populated city of the province after Taranto. Since 1975, the town has hosted the annual summer opera festival, the Festival della Valle d'Itria.
The town has a particularly beautiful "old city" surrounded by stone walls with prominent Baroque gates leading to piazzas and narrow, winding streets. Piazza di Roma is the largest open space in the old city, with a greenspace in the center of a largely triangular grass pattern, facing the 17th century Palazzo Ducale.

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Long exposure

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:34:50 -0700

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150 sec, f/40. ND filters

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Matera by night.

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 02:40:34 -0700

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A nocturnal view of Matera's Sassi, prehistoric cave dwellings that originate from a prehistoric (troglodyte) settlement, and are suspected to be some of the first human settlements in Italy. Situated in the old town, they are composed of the Sasso Caveoso and the later Sasso Barisano (in this picture). The Sassi are houses dug into the calcarenitic rock. Many of these "houses" are really only caverns, and the streets in some parts of the Sassi often are located on the rooftops of other houses. The ancient town grew in height on one slope of the ravine created by a river that is now a small stream. In the 1950s, the government of Italy forcefully relocated most of the population of the Sassi to areas of the developing modern city. However, people continued to live in the Sassi so that Matera is the only place in Europe where people can boast to be still living in the same houses of their ancestors of 9,000 years ago. Until the late 1980s this was considered an area of poverty, since these houses were, and in most areas still are, mostly unlivable. Current local administration, however, has become more tourism-oriented, and has promoted the re-generation of the Sassi with the aid of the European Union, the government, UNESCO, and Hollywood. Today there are many thriving businesses, pubs, and hotels.

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Nelle pieghe del tempo

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:36:39 -0700

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Otranto

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:04:20 -0700

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Otranto per la sua posizione geografica, da sempre considerata dai dominatori del mondo, il pù vicino tragitto per l' Oriente, ancor prima dell' epoca romana, costituì un punto davvero strategico nelle operazioni militari. I Cesari d' Oriente, dopo la divisione dell' impero, fortificarono e abbellirono la città. Alla fine della guerra gotica, i Bizantini intensificarono le strutture di difesa, proseguendo in varie fasi, fino alle soglie del Mille, ed oltre; cioè fino all' occupazione normanna.

Normanni e Svevi dedicarono cura e denaro alle fortificazioni otrantine, ma delle antiche forme medievali è rimasta solo qualche traccia.Ogni generazione, preoccupata dai continui assalti dal mare, si prodigava a ricostruire, rifare ed accrescere le antiche fortificazioni.
Nel 1480, i Turchi saccheggiarono e occuparono Otranto e durante la loro permanenza si impegnarono a migliorare e ampliare le fortificazioni.
Le fortificazioni che si vedono oggi sono in parte una ricostruzione posteriore al 1480.
Nelle zone dove è situata la torre Alfonsina e la porta omonima, il sistema difensivo aragonese è stato in parte demolito per costruire una strada ed un piazzale sulla spiaggia.

Cape Palinuro

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:37:17 -0700

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Palinuro is a small town, the most populated civil parish (frazione) of Centola, Province of Salerno, in the Campania region of Italy. The name of the town is derived from Palinurus, the helmsman of Aeneas, as recorded in the fifth and sixth books of the Aeneid. Palinuro lies on the southern side of Cilento, on the Tyrrhenian Sea and in the northern part of Cape Palinuro. The town, situated at the estuaries of the Lambro and Mingardo rivers, is also the main port of the comune. It is 7 km from Centola, 8 km from Marina di Camerota, 10 km from Pisciotta and 80 km from Salerno.
Palinuro is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, an area of "shrubland" typical of Mediterranean countries.
It is popular with tourists, especially in summer, due to the cleanliness of its waters and beaches and to the caves along its coast.

Rocking pool

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 03:31:38 -0700

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Dolmen di Montalbano

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:42:32 -0700

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Grandiosa costruzione trilitica, alta 1,7 metri e composta da due lastroni verticali che ne sorreggono uno orizzontale di copertura. Risale probabilmente alla prima età del bronzo, intorno al III-II millennio a.C. Si mantiene ancora saldo nella struttura, nonostante i tanti atti vandalici e le gravi manomissioni subite nel tempo, tra cui la recentissima scomparsa del dromos o corridoio di accesso.

Il dolmen di Montalbano rappresenta nella zona una delle prime testimonianze funebri. E' conosciuto anche come "Tavola dei paladini"

Polignano a Mare: Chiesa Matrice

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:13:11 -0700

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Polignano a Mare is a town and comune in the province of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy, located on the Adriatic Sea.
The area was settled since prehistoric times, as shown by archaeological excavations in the locality of Santa Barbara. It is believed that is the site of the ancient Greek city of Neapolis of Apulia, not mentioned by any authors, but attested by many coins. Remains of the Roman domination include the bridge on the Via Traiana. The former cathedral includes works by the sculptor Stefano of Putignano.

Polignano a Mare è un comune italiano di 17.797 abitanti della provincia di Bari, in Puglia. Il nucleo più antico della cittadina sorge su uno sperone roccioso a strapiombo sul mare Adriatico a 33 chilometri a sud del capoluogo. Di notevole interesse naturalistico sono le sue grotte marine e storicamente importanti sono il centro storico e i resti della dominazione romana. Tra questi ultimi il ponte della Via Traiana, tuttora percorribile, che attraversa Lama Monachile, la profonda insenatura immediatamente a nord del centro storico.
La chiesa Matrice intitolata a Santa Maria Assunta e affacciata sulla piccola piazza Vittorio Emanuele, cuore del centro storico, fu cattedrale fino al 1818, quando la piccola diocesi di Polignano fu aggregata a quella di Monopoli. All'interno sono custodite alcune opere attribuite allo scultore Stefano da Putignano, attivo tra il XVI e il XVII secolo, e l'importante Polittico della Madonna con Bambino e Santi, del XV secolo su tavola dorata di Bartolomeo Vivarini.

Charming night in Ostuni

nobody@flickr.com (Photos On The Road) — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 05:23:32 -0700

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The so-called "Old Town" is Ostuni's citadel built on top of a hill and still fortified by the ancient walls. Ostuni is regarded as an architectural jewel, and is commonly referred to as "the White Town" ("La CittÃ Bianca", in Italian) for its white walls and its typically white-painted architecture.

Ostuni è un comune italiano di 32.279 abitanti della provincia di Brindisi in Puglia.
Detta anche Città Bianca, per via del suo caratteristico centro storico che un tempo era interamente dipinto con calce bianca, oggi solo parzialmente. L'uso, attestato sin dal Medioevo, deriva, oltre che dalla facile reperibilità della calce come materia prima, dalla necessitÃ di assicurare alle viuzze e agli ambienti ristretti di impianto medievale una maggiore luminosità, data dalla luce sia diretta che riflessa. Questo costume ha rivestito anche un ruolo importante storicamente nel XVII secolo, quando l'imbiancatura a calce fu l'unico modo per evitare che la peste dilagasse nella cittadina ed il contagio aumentasse sino a portarne la distruzione.
Questa pratica, oggi purtroppo in declino tanto che il sindaco ha dovuto emanare un'ordinanza per farla tornare in auge, fece sì che Ostuni fosse denominata Città Bianca o Città Presepe, ed era una caratteristica che la rendeva riconoscibile e indimenticabile ai visitatori.