Marsicovetere
After the wife’s mishap less than 24 hours earlier she needed to take it a little easier than normal so we spent a little less time walking and more time driving around the countryside enjoying the scenery and capturing some the images that make Basilicata such a special place. There are no shortage of back roads in this region some are little more than goat paths others a little more roomy where almost two cars can pass each other comfortably to me these are the routes to the unexplored leading to the visual treasures that I am looking to capture.
Captured here is the ancient city of Marsicovetere in all her glory seemingly laid across a saddle of rock like a bedspread of buildings with its back protected by Mount Volturino and the fertile farmland of Val d'Agri at its feet this idyllic village has been inhabited since before the Romans. There once sat a fortress at the top of the towns peaks now all that remains of this 11th century Norman construction is a tower a few entranceways and an old windmill but the beauty of this village is the main attraction and a great reason for anyone in the area to make a visit.
The village was hit pretty hard in the earthquakes of 1857, brigands in last part of 19th century and immigration in the early part of the 20th and didn’t really recover until the 1950’s when they began developing the back side of town pictured here on the right a suburb now called Villa d’Agri for the valley that most take their livelihoods from. Thankfully for visitors the last century of hardships preserved the village and the old stone houses at its old center along with the myriad of small streets, stairs and steep inclines that just made it easier to leave them alone and build outwards when prosperity returned.
I took this on Sept 26, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 100mm 1/40s 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
Marsicovetere
After the wife’s mishap less than 24 hours earlier she needed to take it a little easier than normal so we spent a little less time walking and more time driving around the countryside enjoying the scenery and capturing some the images that make Basilicata such a special place. There are no shortage of back roads in this region some are little more than goat paths others a little more roomy where almost two cars can pass each other comfortably to me these are the routes to the unexplored leading to the visual treasures that I am looking to capture.
Captured here is the ancient city of Marsicovetere in all her glory seemingly laid across a saddle of rock like a bedspread of buildings with its back protected by Mount Volturino and the fertile farmland of Val d'Agri at its feet this idyllic village has been inhabited since before the Romans. There once sat a fortress at the top of the towns peaks now all that remains of this 11th century Norman construction is a tower a few entranceways and an old windmill but the beauty of this village is the main attraction and a great reason for anyone in the area to make a visit.
The village was hit pretty hard in the earthquakes of 1857, brigands in last part of 19th century and immigration in the early part of the 20th and didn’t really recover until the 1950’s when they began developing the back side of town pictured here on the right a suburb now called Villa d’Agri for the valley that most take their livelihoods from. Thankfully for visitors the last century of hardships preserved the village and the old stone houses at its old center along with the myriad of small streets, stairs and steep inclines that just made it easier to leave them alone and build outwards when prosperity returned.
I took this on Sept 26, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 100mm 1/40s 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