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in explore 16may08 - highest position: 224 on Sunday, May 18, 2008
E tramonta questo giorno in arancione
e si gonfia di ricordi che non sai
mi piace restar qui sullo stradone
impolverato, se tu vuoi andare, vai…
on a beach near lesina, italy
in explore 29oct07 - highest position: 123 on sunday, november 30, 2008
Cisternino sits in a historic zone of Itria Valley (in Italian: Valle d'Itria), known for its prehistoric conical, dry stone roundhousess called trulli, which are preserved under UNESCO safeguards due to their cultural significance, dry stone walls (muretti a secco), and its fertile soil which makes it the home of the Salento wine region. In 2014, Cisternino was declared the cittaslow city of the year
So I just switched to the Creative Cloud and an old dog is learning some new tricks. I created the frame for this picture in Photoshop and I am looking for honest feedback as to this format and presenting images in this method. I previously only used Lightroom and Google Nik for edits but while hibernating during this long cold Canadian winter I am trying to learn some new skills. The picture was taken at sunrise on our last trip to Puglia.
Trulli are vernacular buildings characterized by quadrilateral shape, covered by conic roofs, and constructed using roughly worked limestone boulders collected from the neighboring fields. Later, as large water-collecting basins were created in the area, they were built directly on the underlying natural rock, using drywall technique exclusively. They constitute a very peculiar architectural expression; on the one side, they were created upon the tradition of ancient technologies and typologies, dating back to the prehistoric age and surviving through time in this southern Italian region without any interruption; on the other side, the current situation led to a wide geographical distribution in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The combination of two or more trulli of different size forms a dwelling. A higher number of trulli, freely aggregated with each other, forms the “trullaia” i.e. a group of buildings, of small courtyards or farmyards including animal housings, of small fenced gardens and vegetable gardens accessible only from the respective households. The smallest trulli, which usually host niches for beds and fireplaces, are connected to the main trullo by means of low arches. Rural trulli show up throughout the Itria Valley.
Caciocavale Impiccato is a Southern Italian speciality found in Campania, Basilicata, Sicily and, here, in Apulia.
Caciocavallo is a spun cow cheese in a gourd-like shape with a top knot called "Horse cheese" as these were tied together in pairs for ageing 2-3 months and then strung over horses like saddlebags for transport to market. It dates back to at least medieval times.
The best cheese is PDO Caciocavallo Podolico, which is from a breed of free-roaming cows and a Slow Food praesidium.
Impiccato is where one of these cheeses is strung up over barbeque coals, slowly melting the cheese. The cheese is scraped off onto toasted bread—mightily delicious and simple.
At Cantine Aeillo, Putignano, south of Bari, Apulia. Hot work on a summer's evening!