Southern Italy, Summer 2015
In July and August 2015, we spent a few weeks touring the southern Italian provinces of Basilicata, Puglia and Campania.
I am in the process of uploading a selection of photographs from that trip. As usual, whenever relevant or necessary, I will write a specific caption below in bold type.
A cathedral by the sea: the San Niccola Pellegrino Romanesque cathedral is one of the most beautiful and impressive Romanesque churches I have ever seen.
I remember when I went to see it one morning, we were staying in our rented house on the Costa Amalfitana on the Mediterranean side of southern Italy (south of Naples) and I had to drive all the way across Italy to the Adriatic coast and back in the evening. My wife didn't want to come and I kept hoping it would be worth, and boy wasn’t I disappointed!
The erection of this enormous cathedral began in 1099 and was completed by 1149, i.e., at a time when the Puglia province was under Norman domination.
Lateral view of the façade with the Adriatic in the background. The cathedral is built right next to the water.
Southern Italy, Summer 2015
In July and August 2015, we spent a few weeks touring the southern Italian provinces of Basilicata, Puglia and Campania.
I am in the process of uploading a selection of photographs from that trip. As usual, whenever relevant or necessary, I will write a specific caption below in bold type.
A cathedral by the sea: the San Niccola Pellegrino Romanesque cathedral is one of the most beautiful and impressive Romanesque churches I have ever seen.
I remember when I went to see it one morning, we were staying in our rented house on the Costa Amalfitana on the Mediterranean side of southern Italy (south of Naples) and I had to drive all the way across Italy to the Adriatic coast and back in the evening. My wife didn't want to come and I kept hoping it would be worth, and boy wasn’t I disappointed!
The erection of this enormous cathedral began in 1099 and was completed by 1149, i.e., at a time when the Puglia province was under Norman domination.
Lateral view of the façade with the Adriatic in the background. The cathedral is built right next to the water.