Cancellara
Some places you experience some places you see along the way like this capture of Cancellara along the right bank of the Alvo river among the vineyards and olive tree plantations in the Valle del Basento.
As much as I want to see every little town and village in an area that I visit time is not my friend, on our way to our accommodations for the evening we crossed paths with this little village between Acerenza and Pignola our evening destination as the sun lowers in the horizon.
Like everything in Basilicata Cancellara is old, people have been living here from the 4th century BC and also like most things in the region it has passed through many hands from Greeks, Romans, Lombard’s, Normans to Swabians even briefly in the 19th century under Napoleon’s Republic becoming a Carbonara Rivendita. The towns name is thought to be derived from Roman days named either for the Latin phrase for prison camp "Ager cancellatus" or the Latin word canculi which is a trap used for hunting animals.
The little village is probably best known for its smoked sausage celebrated for its quality and taste throughout the region the technique as well as the recipe has remained almost unchanged for centuries. The careful selection of the right meats from the fall pigs, correct ingredients and spices and generational techniques to rest, smoke and dry the sausage culminate in a finished product celebrated during a Feb 3rd sausage festival in conjunction with the city Saint day feast of Saint Blaise.
I took this on Sept 22, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 98mm 1/50s f`11 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
Cancellara
Some places you experience some places you see along the way like this capture of Cancellara along the right bank of the Alvo river among the vineyards and olive tree plantations in the Valle del Basento.
As much as I want to see every little town and village in an area that I visit time is not my friend, on our way to our accommodations for the evening we crossed paths with this little village between Acerenza and Pignola our evening destination as the sun lowers in the horizon.
Like everything in Basilicata Cancellara is old, people have been living here from the 4th century BC and also like most things in the region it has passed through many hands from Greeks, Romans, Lombard’s, Normans to Swabians even briefly in the 19th century under Napoleon’s Republic becoming a Carbonara Rivendita. The towns name is thought to be derived from Roman days named either for the Latin phrase for prison camp "Ager cancellatus" or the Latin word canculi which is a trap used for hunting animals.
The little village is probably best known for its smoked sausage celebrated for its quality and taste throughout the region the technique as well as the recipe has remained almost unchanged for centuries. The careful selection of the right meats from the fall pigs, correct ingredients and spices and generational techniques to rest, smoke and dry the sausage culminate in a finished product celebrated during a Feb 3rd sausage festival in conjunction with the city Saint day feast of Saint Blaise.
I took this on Sept 22, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 98mm 1/50s f`11 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