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| Sunday, 19-Jul-2009 21:56 |
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Pieces of Italy II
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One of the cities I visited in southern Italy was Tursi. Set in a hilltop, the town grew around an original muslim setlement. Today there are still muslim architecture details well visible in the old town. The most impressive thing abot Tursi and most of the cities in that region, is that they are built on this hills of wet sand with thousands of years. This makes this cities the worst place to be during an earthquake. Almost every house has a basement wich is dug on the wet sand. You can actually dig this caves with your bare hands and you can find shells buried in that milenial sand
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| Saturday, 18-Jul-2009 16:16 |
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Pieces of Italy
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I was fortunate enough to spend one month touring Italy last Autumn. I decided to share some of the best photos from that month along with a brief description of the place and photo.
This first photo is a painting from Pompei. I spent a day there just touring the ruins of this ancient city. The most amazing thing about it is how well preserved is the roman way of life. A tour trough Pompei must always be complemented with a visit to the Napoli Museum where all the artwork from the city can be found.
I tried to show the colors of this paintings has they where when they where painted and also with the dim light of the interior of a building.
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| Monday, 30-Mar-2009 09:16 |
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Photo Challenge # 201 - Scenic Moment of Historical Place
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I have lost all my photos due to a Hard Disk Failure. So for me is a brand new start in the photo world. This fotopage is the only connection with my photos of the last five years.
I restart this fotopage answering to photo chalenge 201. Allthough it is a rather late entry.
Comments and sugestions are welcome.
This photos are from my trip to Italy. Enjoy
Info on the places pictured:
Craco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craco
Pompei
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii
Towers of Bologna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towers_of_Bologna
San Leo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Leo
Matera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matera
Colosseum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum
Roman Forum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_forum
San Marino
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marino
Firenze
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firenze
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| Monday, 23-Jun-2008 18:24 |
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Photo Challenge #189
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| Saturday, 21-Jun-2008 15:41 |
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| Monday, 16-Jun-2008 15:23 |
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Photo Challenge #188
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| Tuesday, 10-Jun-2008 13:23 |
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| Tuesday, 3-Jun-2008 17:32 |
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View from a ruined Medieval Coastal Defense Tower
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| Sunday, 1-Jun-2008 14:23 |
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Sunset
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| Thursday, 29-May-2008 18:44 |
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Photo Challenge 187
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bella! nice! all is quiet and peace
