Ferrandina 2
Ferrandina is a city of oil, Città dell'Olio designated by a national group that awards the title to each city that meets their standards for EVOO DOP and IGP. In Basilicata there are only six such oil cities; Aliano, Ferrandina, Matera, Millionic, Rotondella and finally San Mauro Forte.
Pictured here is the Mother Church of San Lorenzo Martire – from the 17th century onwards called the Duomo Santa Maria della Croce, it has three sixteenth-century portals and three Byzantine domes left over from the original construction. It wasn’t until the 15th century that the church found its final form with Frederick of Aragon in 1491 commissioning the remodeling of things into what you see mostly today.
Oil is not the only culinary attribute about the city it is also known for its cheeses as well as an ancient bread known as "u Fucilatidd", a circular bread braid topped with fennel seeds, and "'u Cecc'" (ceccio), a leavened pancake, with salt and oregano. Along with oil usually comes gas, luckily Ferrandina is no exception they discovered natural gas in the area and have been busily extracting it since the 1960’s.
I took this on Oct 6th, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 42mm 1/125s 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
Ferrandina 2
Ferrandina is a city of oil, Città dell'Olio designated by a national group that awards the title to each city that meets their standards for EVOO DOP and IGP. In Basilicata there are only six such oil cities; Aliano, Ferrandina, Matera, Millionic, Rotondella and finally San Mauro Forte.
Pictured here is the Mother Church of San Lorenzo Martire – from the 17th century onwards called the Duomo Santa Maria della Croce, it has three sixteenth-century portals and three Byzantine domes left over from the original construction. It wasn’t until the 15th century that the church found its final form with Frederick of Aragon in 1491 commissioning the remodeling of things into what you see mostly today.
Oil is not the only culinary attribute about the city it is also known for its cheeses as well as an ancient bread known as "u Fucilatidd", a circular bread braid topped with fennel seeds, and "'u Cecc'" (ceccio), a leavened pancake, with salt and oregano. Along with oil usually comes gas, luckily Ferrandina is no exception they discovered natural gas in the area and have been busily extracting it since the 1960’s.
I took this on Oct 6th, 2018 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f3.5-5.6 Lens at 42mm 1/125s 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