Gallipoli-3
When the view of the sea gets tiresome or the sun needs a little tempering the old town of Gallipoli is filled with wonderful little treasure shops to discover along the narrow passage ways and welcoming streets that most would not fit Nonna’s Panda making usually safe to wander in and out of the shade and pretend to be a local.
The limestone island that hosts old Gallipoli is filled with Baroque churches and noble palazzi due to its prominence as a very successful trading port making it a feast for the eyes and a pleasure to lose yourself in though all streets eventually lead to the seafront so it is very hard to be lost for any length of time, the white and tan houses would be at home in any middle eastern city testifying to its origins and trade with the east.
If in your wanders you hear the locals speaking something that seems unfamiliar it is because it will be unless you are a speaker of Sicilian, most speak the local Salentino dialect with friends and family it is a close relative of the Sicilian language, if you would like to hear a lot of it wander down to the fish market under the bridge to the old town any morning to get your linguistic fill.
I took this on Sept 26, 2016 with my D750 and Nikon 24-85 f3.5-4.5 Lens at 72mm 1/200s f/16 ISO 250 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Gallipoli-3
When the view of the sea gets tiresome or the sun needs a little tempering the old town of Gallipoli is filled with wonderful little treasure shops to discover along the narrow passage ways and welcoming streets that most would not fit Nonna’s Panda making usually safe to wander in and out of the shade and pretend to be a local.
The limestone island that hosts old Gallipoli is filled with Baroque churches and noble palazzi due to its prominence as a very successful trading port making it a feast for the eyes and a pleasure to lose yourself in though all streets eventually lead to the seafront so it is very hard to be lost for any length of time, the white and tan houses would be at home in any middle eastern city testifying to its origins and trade with the east.
If in your wanders you hear the locals speaking something that seems unfamiliar it is because it will be unless you are a speaker of Sicilian, most speak the local Salentino dialect with friends and family it is a close relative of the Sicilian language, if you would like to hear a lot of it wander down to the fish market under the bridge to the old town any morning to get your linguistic fill.
I took this on Sept 26, 2016 with my D750 and Nikon 24-85 f3.5-4.5 Lens at 72mm 1/200s f/16 ISO 250 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress