Forenza
After my wife, my passions include photography, travel and finally food & drink whether that is eating it or preparing it I love making or eating something that has come together to be a greater end product than the ingredients that went into it, I guess that is a common theme throughout all my passions not just food. One of the problems of travel photography is that you are always battling conditions with no possibility of reshoots as is the case with Venosa which I have no post worthy pictures of due to the best of conditions (sunny and bright) and an extremely busy market day. What I can say about Venosa is do have lunch at D'Avalos Ristorante Pizzeria just to the right of the Duomo down a little alleyway you will not be disappointed except for the fact like all pizzeria’s you cannot get pizza for lunch.
Pictured here is Forenza an unassuming little hill town that receives very little tourists in a region that has little tourism to begin with so when strangers arrive the Nonno’s come out of the woodwork to assess and gossip about who exactly they are and which family they belong to. Such was the case when we arrived and took up residence in the main piazza at a table in the park across from the main bar, where we proceeded to enjoy a very chill bottle of prosecco while being circled by roaming Nonno’s trying to act nonchalant as they did so. Finally when they could no longer contain their curiosity they sent the bravest gentlemen to our table to ask what we were doing there and whom we were visiting to which we explained we were travelers and seeing all of Basilicata, he grinned proud of his town and region, we spent the next hour hearing about what we should see and do.
Forenza is located in a central spot off the beaten track making it a good base for those less nomadic exploring Basilicata, the charming narrow streets and the views from its lofty perch make it a destination worth stopping for. Forenza is ancient and full of history it was brought into the Roman fold in 317 BC and remained so until destroyed during the Gothic wars in the mid-6th century AD passing into Byzantine hands until the Lombard’s took it over several centuries later. For all of its history the most remembered is that in the 11th century the then ruling Norman’s gifted the town to the Pagani family the founders of the Order of the Knights Templar who held it until that fateful Friday the 13th in October 1307, to this day they still have a historical parade celebrating the knights every Aug.
I took this on Sept 22, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 150mm 1/30s f`16 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
Forenza
After my wife, my passions include photography, travel and finally food & drink whether that is eating it or preparing it I love making or eating something that has come together to be a greater end product than the ingredients that went into it, I guess that is a common theme throughout all my passions not just food. One of the problems of travel photography is that you are always battling conditions with no possibility of reshoots as is the case with Venosa which I have no post worthy pictures of due to the best of conditions (sunny and bright) and an extremely busy market day. What I can say about Venosa is do have lunch at D'Avalos Ristorante Pizzeria just to the right of the Duomo down a little alleyway you will not be disappointed except for the fact like all pizzeria’s you cannot get pizza for lunch.
Pictured here is Forenza an unassuming little hill town that receives very little tourists in a region that has little tourism to begin with so when strangers arrive the Nonno’s come out of the woodwork to assess and gossip about who exactly they are and which family they belong to. Such was the case when we arrived and took up residence in the main piazza at a table in the park across from the main bar, where we proceeded to enjoy a very chill bottle of prosecco while being circled by roaming Nonno’s trying to act nonchalant as they did so. Finally when they could no longer contain their curiosity they sent the bravest gentlemen to our table to ask what we were doing there and whom we were visiting to which we explained we were travelers and seeing all of Basilicata, he grinned proud of his town and region, we spent the next hour hearing about what we should see and do.
Forenza is located in a central spot off the beaten track making it a good base for those less nomadic exploring Basilicata, the charming narrow streets and the views from its lofty perch make it a destination worth stopping for. Forenza is ancient and full of history it was brought into the Roman fold in 317 BC and remained so until destroyed during the Gothic wars in the mid-6th century AD passing into Byzantine hands until the Lombard’s took it over several centuries later. For all of its history the most remembered is that in the 11th century the then ruling Norman’s gifted the town to the Pagani family the founders of the Order of the Knights Templar who held it until that fateful Friday the 13th in October 1307, to this day they still have a historical parade celebrating the knights every Aug.
I took this on Sept 22, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 150mm 1/30s f`16 ISO 100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress