Brienza
My wife and I loved Brienza but it didn’t exactly return the favor, during the our passeggiata before supper my wife had a flip flop fail catching her death trap of foot wear in a sidewalk crack falling forward into a very solid bus bench made of some very hard steel which split her scalp open. We cannot say enough good things about the help of the locals, the farmacia supplying bandages and advice until the ambulance medics arrived that eventually closed her profusely bleeding wound.
Other than this life threatening incident that started our visit, we thoroughly enjoyed the city, it is a lovely place with a small cozy old town that surrounds a castle at its heart and peak built by the Lombards back in the 8th century from which the city grew around. We also enjoyed the our accommodations at a B&B called La Voce del Fiume (The Voice of the River) a lovely artisanal restored setting with amazing views over the countryside and a wonderful host who that I am sure we scared to death arriving back from our walk covered in blood and bandages.
The center piece of the city is its castle Caracciolo di Brienza and has been since its construction consisting of 365 rooms that follows the ancient tradition of building each room for a day of the year. The sight of the castle rising above the city during the daylight is wonderful but it truly comes into its own when evening falls and the fully illuminated fortress shines over the city like a beacon. This shot captures the castle at the end of the day and is one of the few we have of the city for the previous mentioned reasons I remained on concussion watch that evening
I took this on Sept 25, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 85mm 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
Brienza
My wife and I loved Brienza but it didn’t exactly return the favor, during the our passeggiata before supper my wife had a flip flop fail catching her death trap of foot wear in a sidewalk crack falling forward into a very solid bus bench made of some very hard steel which split her scalp open. We cannot say enough good things about the help of the locals, the farmacia supplying bandages and advice until the ambulance medics arrived that eventually closed her profusely bleeding wound.
Other than this life threatening incident that started our visit, we thoroughly enjoyed the city, it is a lovely place with a small cozy old town that surrounds a castle at its heart and peak built by the Lombards back in the 8th century from which the city grew around. We also enjoyed the our accommodations at a B&B called La Voce del Fiume (The Voice of the River) a lovely artisanal restored setting with amazing views over the countryside and a wonderful host who that I am sure we scared to death arriving back from our walk covered in blood and bandages.
The center piece of the city is its castle Caracciolo di Brienza and has been since its construction consisting of 365 rooms that follows the ancient tradition of building each room for a day of the year. The sight of the castle rising above the city during the daylight is wonderful but it truly comes into its own when evening falls and the fully illuminated fortress shines over the city like a beacon. This shot captures the castle at the end of the day and is one of the few we have of the city for the previous mentioned reasons I remained on concussion watch that evening
I took this on Sept 25, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 85mm 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