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  • Craco/Basilicata/Italy - oct 10, 2009<br />
Craco is an abandoned Italian village located in the Region of Basilicata and the Province of Matera. During the mid-twentieth century, recurring earthquakes began to take a toll on the viability of the town. Between 1959 and 1972, portions of the village were severely damaged and rendered uninhabitable by a series of frana, or landslides. The geological threat to the town was known to scientists since 1910, due to Craco's location on a hill of Pliocene sands overhanging the clays, with ravines causing progressive incisions. Now, Craco is uninhabited. In 1963, the 1,800 inhabitants were transferred to a valley in a locality called Craco Peschiera. That population is now down to about 970 inhabitants.
    Craco/Basilicata/Italy 008.jpg
  • Craco/Basilicata/Italy - oct 10, 2009<br />
Craco is an abandoned Italian village located in the Region of Basilicata and the Province of Matera. During the mid-twentieth century, recurring earthquakes began to take a toll on the viability of the town. Between 1959 and 1972, portions of the village were severely damaged and rendered uninhabitable by a series of frana, or landslides. The geological threat to the town was known to scientists since 1910, due to Craco's location on a hill of Pliocene sands overhanging the clays, with ravines causing progressive incisions. Now, Craco is uninhabited. In 1963, the 1,800 inhabitants were transferred to a valley in a locality called Craco Peschiera. That population is now down to about 970 inhabitants.
    Craco/Basilicata/Italy 007.jpg
  • Craco/Basilicata/Italy - oct 10, 2009<br />
Craco is an abandoned Italian village located in the Region of Basilicata and the Province of Matera. During the mid-twentieth century, recurring earthquakes began to take a toll on the viability of the town. Between 1959 and 1972, portions of the village were severely damaged and rendered uninhabitable by a series of frana, or landslides. The geological threat to the town was known to scientists since 1910, due to Craco's location on a hill of Pliocene sands overhanging the clays, with ravines causing progressive incisions. Now, Craco is uninhabited. In 1963, the 1,800 inhabitants were transferred to a valley in a locality called Craco Peschiera. That population is now down to about 970 inhabitants.
    Craco/Basilicata/Italy 006.jpg
  • Craco/Basilicata/Italy - oct 10, 2009<br />
Craco is an abandoned Italian village located in the Region of Basilicata and the Province of Matera. During the mid-twentieth century, recurring earthquakes began to take a toll on the viability of the town. Between 1959 and 1972, portions of the village were severely damaged and rendered uninhabitable by a series of frana, or landslides. The geological threat to the town was known to scientists since 1910, due to Craco's location on a hill of Pliocene sands overhanging the clays, with ravines causing progressive incisions. Now, Craco is uninhabited. In 1963, the 1,800 inhabitants were transferred to a valley in a locality called Craco Peschiera. That population is now down to about 970 inhabitants.
    Craco/Basilicata/Italy 005.jpg
  • Craco/Basilicata/Italy - oct 10, 2009<br />
Craco is an abandoned Italian village located in the Region of Basilicata and the Province of Matera. During the mid-twentieth century, recurring earthquakes began to take a toll on the viability of the town. Between 1959 and 1972, portions of the village were severely damaged and rendered uninhabitable by a series of frana, or landslides. The geological threat to the town was known to scientists since 1910, due to Craco's location on a hill of Pliocene sands overhanging the clays, with ravines causing progressive incisions. Now, Craco is uninhabited. In 1963, the 1,800 inhabitants were transferred to a valley in a locality called Craco Peschiera. That population is now down to about 970 inhabitants.
    Craco/Basilicata/Italy 004.jpg
  • Craco/Basilicata/Italy - oct 10, 2009<br />
Craco is an abandoned Italian village located in the Region of Basilicata and the Province of Matera. During the mid-twentieth century, recurring earthquakes began to take a toll on the viability of the town. Between 1959 and 1972, portions of the village were severely damaged and rendered uninhabitable by a series of frana, or landslides. The geological threat to the town was known to scientists since 1910, due to Craco's location on a hill of Pliocene sands overhanging the clays, with ravines causing progressive incisions. Now, Craco is uninhabited. In 1963, the 1,800 inhabitants were transferred to a valley in a locality called Craco Peschiera. That population is now down to about 970 inhabitants.
    Craco/Basilicata/Italy 003.jpg
  • Craco/Basilicata/Italy - oct 10, 2009<br />
Craco is an abandoned Italian village located in the Region of Basilicata and the Province of Matera. During the mid-twentieth century, recurring earthquakes began to take a toll on the viability of the town. Between 1959 and 1972, portions of the village were severely damaged and rendered uninhabitable by a series of frana, or landslides. The geological threat to the town was known to scientists since 1910, due to Craco's location on a hill of Pliocene sands overhanging the clays, with ravines causing progressive incisions. Now, Craco is uninhabited. In 1963, the 1,800 inhabitants were transferred to a valley in a locality called Craco Peschiera. That population is now down to about 970 inhabitants.
    Craco/Basilicata/Italy 002.jpg
  • Craco/Basilicata/Italy - oct 10, 2009<br />
Craco is an abandoned Italian village located in the Region of Basilicata and the Province of Matera. During the mid-twentieth century, recurring earthquakes began to take a toll on the viability of the town. Between 1959 and 1972, portions of the village were severely damaged and rendered uninhabitable by a series of frana, or landslides. The geological threat to the town was known to scientists since 1910, due to Craco's location on a hill of Pliocene sands overhanging the clays, with ravines causing progressive incisions. Now, Craco is uninhabited. In 1963, the 1,800 inhabitants were transferred to a valley in a locality called Craco Peschiera. That population is now down to about 970 inhabitants.
    Craco/Basilicata/Italy 001.jpg
  • Laurenzana (PZ) - Basilicata - Italy - Laurenzana is a town and commune in the province of Potenza, in the region of Basilicata (southern Italy). It rises on a spur between the torre Camastro and the wood surrounding the Serrapotamo valley.
    Tempa Rossa - Corleto (PZ) 17-02-09 ...jpg
  • Melfi, Basilicata, Italy - Landscape with the castle an town of Melfi (PZ)
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  • Melfi, Basilicata, Italy - Landscape with the castle an town of Melfi (PZ)
    Melfi 04.jpg
  • Melfi, Basilicata, Italy - Landscape with the Cathedral and town of Melfi (PZ)
    Melfi 02.jpg
  • Melfi, Basilicata, Italy - Landscape with the castle an town of Melfi (PZ)
    Melfi 06 raw.jpg
  • Bari/Apulia/Italy - Fiera del Levante. The specialist exhibitions and fairs gradually grew out of the need for the Italian economy to become more internationalised. In the Southern regions of Italy, in particular, they have greatly contributed towards the growth of the local economic fabric and of the whole market of this area. The main sectors include information technology, publishing, leisure activities, photography, gold working and jewellery, fashion, local organisations, mechanics, services for business, transport, agriculture and the building trade.
    Fiera del Levante 2008 28.jpg
  • Bari/Apulia/Italy - Fiera del Levante. The specialist exhibitions and fairs gradually grew out of the need for the Italian economy to become more internationalised. In the Southern regions of Italy, in particular, they have greatly contributed towards the growth of the local economic fabric and of the whole market of this area. The main sectors include information technology, publishing, leisure activities, photography, gold working and jewellery, fashion, local organisations, mechanics, services for business, transport, agriculture and the building trade.
    Fiera del Levante 2008 06.jpg
  • Bari/Apulia/Italy - Fiera del Levante. The specialist exhibitions and fairs gradually grew out of the need for the Italian economy to become more internationalised. In the Southern regions of Italy, in particular, they have greatly contributed towards the growth of the local economic fabric and of the whole market of this area. The main sectors include information technology, publishing, leisure activities, photography, gold working and jewellery, fashion, local organisations, mechanics, services for business, transport, agriculture and the building trade.
    Fiera del Levante 2008 04.jpg
  • Bari/Apulia/Italy - Fiera del Levante. The specialist exhibitions and fairs gradually grew out of the need for the Italian economy to become more internationalised. In the Southern regions of Italy, in particular, they have greatly contributed towards the growth of the local economic fabric and of the whole market of this area. The main sectors include information technology, publishing, leisure activities, photography, gold working and jewellery, fashion, local organisations, mechanics, services for business, transport, agriculture and the building trade.
    Fiera del Levante 2008 11.jpg
  • Bari/Apulia/Italy - Fiera del Levante. The specialist exhibitions and fairs gradually grew out of the need for the Italian economy to become more internationalised. In the Southern regions of Italy, in particular, they have greatly contributed towards the growth of the local economic fabric and of the whole market of this area. The main sectors include information technology, publishing, leisure activities, photography, gold working and jewellery, fashion, local organisations, mechanics, services for business, transport, agriculture and the building trade.
    Fiera del Levante 2008 08.jpg
  • Rome jul 08, 2009 Italy - G8 L'Aquila. Two members of Usa Democratic Party in Italy exhibit a banner for Obama near the Campidoglio.
    G8 Roma 08-07-09 077.jpg
  • Monticchio Laghi/Basilicata/Italy - The two volcanic lakes of Monticchio
    Monticchio Laghi (PZ)
  • Valsinni/Basilicata/Italy - Valsinni is a village and comune in the province of Matera, in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. The territory of the comune includes the ruins of the ancient city of Lagaria. Its most famous buildings which are part of Valsinni's heritage are: the Castle dating back to the 11th century, where the Italian renaissance poetess Isabella Morra lived and died, the Palazzo Melidoro, Chiesa Madre (mother church) of medieval origins and the Chiesa dell'Annunziata from the sixteen hundreds.
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  • Potenza/Basilicata/Italy 11/03/2008 - Francesco Storace, segretario nazionale del partito La Destra, a Potenza per lanciare la campagna elettorale in Basilicata.
    Storace a Potenza 11-03-08 64.jpg
  • Potenza/Basilicata/Italy 11/03/2008 - Francesco Storace, segretario nazionale del partito La Destra, a Potenza per lanciare la campagna elettorale in Basilicata.
    Storace a Potenza 11-03-08 45.jpg
  • Potenza/Basilicata/Italy 11/03/2008 - Francesco Storace, segretario nazionale del partito La Destra, a Potenza per lanciare la campagna elettorale in Basilicata.
    Storace a Potenza 11-03-08 66.jpg
  • Potenza/Basilicata/Italy 11/03/2008 - Francesco Storace, segretario nazionale del partito La Destra, a Potenza per lanciare la campagna elettorale in Basilicata.
    Storace a Potenza 11-03-08 35.jpg
  • Potenza/Basilicata/Italy 11/03/2008 - Francesco Storace, segretario nazionale del partito La Destra, a Potenza per lanciare la campagna elettorale in Basilicata.
    Storace a Potenza 11-03-08 59.jpg
  • Potenza/Basilicata/Italy 11/03/2008 - Francesco Storace, segretario nazionale del partito La Destra, a Potenza per lanciare la campagna elettorale in Basilicata.
    Storace a Potenza 11-03-08 48.jpg
  • Potenza/Basilicata/Italy 11/03/2008 - Francesco Storace, segretario nazionale del partito La Destra, a Potenza per lanciare la campagna elettorale in Basilicata.
    Storace a Potenza 11-03-08 50.jpg
  • Potenza/Basilicata/Italy 11/03/2008 - Francesco Storace, segretario nazionale del partito La Destra, a Potenza per lanciare la campagna elettorale in Basilicata.
    Storace a Potenza 11-03-08 49.jpg
  • Potenza/Basilicata/Italy 11/03/2008 - Francesco Storace, segretario nazionale del partito La Destra, a Potenza per lanciare la campagna elettorale in Basilicata.
    Storace a Potenza 11-03-08 41.jpg
  • Potenza/Basilicata/Italy 11/03/2008 - Francesco Storace, segretario nazionale del partito La Destra, a Potenza per lanciare la campagna elettorale in Basilicata.
    Storace a Potenza 11-03-08 24.jpg
  • Castelmezzano/Basilicata/Italy - Aug 02, 2009 - Fly of the Angel. The two towns of Pietrapertosa and Castelmezzano in the Italian Dolomites decided they wanted to attract more tourists.<br />
One suggested it was a shame they could not fly to the other village - and the idea of the "Flight of the Eagles" device - a mile-long metal cable suspended between two peaks - was born. Those willing to take up the challenge hang from a harness connected to the steel rope and then jump off from a special platform to travel across the valley which is 500m below.<br />
Riders can reach speeds of up to 90mph.
    Volo dell'Angelo - Castelmezzano (PZ...jpg
  • Moliterno, Basilicata, Italy - The castle of Moliterno
    Moliterno 03 raw.jpg
  • Positano/Campania/Italy - Amalfi Coast. Santa Maria Assunta Church
    Positano - Epifania 2006 raw (96).jpg
  • Sagra Maggese - Colobraro/Basilicata/Italy - Sul monte alto circa 8OO metri sul livello del mare,a ridosso dell?abitato, è da tempo immemorabile situata una croce che fu collocata a memoria e celebrazione dell?evento che secondo la tradizione nel lontano passato funestò il paese con l?invasione appunto delle cavallette. Queste, dalla lontana Africa, inondarono tutta la zona arrecando gravi danni non soltanto alle vegetazioni ma anche agli uomini con le loro dolorose punture. Ne subirono le conseguenze soprattutto gli anziani e i bambini che non erano in grado di difendersi dai morsi delle migliaia e migliaia di insetti. La popolazione si trovò in uno stato di disperazione e invocò l?aiuto del taumaturgo Francesco da Paola, il quale accolse la supplica e si recò sul posto, dove condusse il Crocefisso sulle sommità dei tre monti che circondano il  centro abitato di Colobraro. Sulla cima del Calvario, la più elevata, levò in alto la Santa Croce e ordinò alle cavallette..di allontanarsi dai luoghi che avevano invaso. Si narra che da quell?istante un forte vento spinse le locuste nelle acque del fiume Sinni dove trovarono la morte. In memoria di tutto questo ogni anno, e precisamente il 23 maggio, si snoda una processione per riportare il Crocefisso alla sommità del monte Calvario e per rendere omaggio alla Croce colà situata a ricordo del prodigio. Tradizionale è la processione notturna, accompagnata da una fiaccolata, fatta per le vie principali del paese. Questa ricorrenza risale al dopoguerra, quando i superstiti del grande conflitto tornarono e decisero di dedicare una messa ai caduti per ringraziare il Signore di essere rimasti in vita.
    Sagra Maggese - Colobraro 23-05-08 8...jpg
  • Matera/Basilicata/Italy
    Matera 23-02-08 06.jpg
  • Sagra Maggese - Colobraro/Basilicata/Italy - Sul monte alto circa 8OO metri sul livello del mare,a ridosso dell?abitato, è da tempo immemorabile situata una croce che fu collocata a memoria e celebrazione dell?evento che secondo la tradizione nel lontano passato funestò il paese con l?invasione appunto delle cavallette. Queste, dalla lontana Africa, inondarono tutta la zona arrecando gravi danni non soltanto alle vegetazioni ma anche agli uomini con le loro dolorose punture. Ne subirono le conseguenze soprattutto gli anziani e i bambini che non erano in grado di difendersi dai morsi delle migliaia e migliaia di insetti. La popolazione si trovò in uno stato di disperazione e invocò l?aiuto del taumaturgo Francesco da Paola, il quale accolse la supplica e si recò sul posto, dove condusse il Crocefisso sulle sommità dei tre monti che circondano il  centro abitato di Colobraro. Sulla cima del Calvario, la più elevata, levò in alto la Santa Croce e ordinò alle cavallette..di allontanarsi dai luoghi che avevano invaso. Si narra che da quell?istante un forte vento spinse le locuste nelle acque del fiume Sinni dove trovarono la morte. In memoria di tutto questo ogni anno, e precisamente il 23 maggio, si snoda una processione per riportare il Crocefisso alla sommità del monte Calvario e per rendere omaggio alla Croce colà situata a ricordo del prodigio. Tradizionale è la processione notturna, accompagnata da una fiaccolata, fatta per le vie principali del paese. Questa ricorrenza risale al dopoguerra, quando i superstiti del grande conflitto tornarono e decisero di dedicare una messa ai caduti per ringraziare il Signore di essere rimasti in vita.
    Sagra Maggese - Colobraro 23-05-08 2...jpg
  • Verbicaro/Calabria/Italy 20-03-08 - Ritual of the "Battenti". On the night of Holy Thursday Verbicaro stages the traditional rite of Battenti, which dates back to 1473. Initially characterized by "the rite of the first blood", which means the protagonists beat their legs vigorously with their hands until they become red. Then, with a tool cork "cardillo" which has embedded pieces of glass, they start to beat themselves and the first blood flows. As the blood flows, a man carrying a bottle to his lips, blows wine into the wounds...When everyone has his legs covered with blood, they start to run with hands crossed on the chest. Three times they circle the old town stopping in front of churches. They leave as a group but it is not a procession, each runner has their own route and the streets may differ. The event takes place between Thursday  and Friday  (between midnight and 02.00). At 4.00 (approx.) in the morning there is a solemn procession with living statues and paintings.
    I Battenti - Verbicaro 21-03-08 180.jpg
  • Verbicaro/Calabria/Italy 20-03-08 - Ritual of the "Battenti". On the night of Holy Thursday Verbicaro stages the traditional rite of Battenti, which dates back to 1473. Initially characterized by "the rite of the first blood", which means the protagonists beat their legs vigorously with their hands until they become red. Then, with a tool cork "cardillo" which has embedded pieces of glass, they start to beat themselves and the first blood flows. As the blood flows, a man carrying a bottle to his lips, blows wine into the wounds...When everyone has his legs covered with blood, they start to run with hands crossed on the chest. Three times they circle the old town stopping in front of churches. They leave as a group but it is not a procession, each runner has their own route and the streets may differ. The event takes place between Thursday  and Friday  (between midnight and 02.00). At 4.00 (approx.) in the morning there is a solemn procession with living statues and paintings.
    I Battenti - Verbicaro 21-03-08 104.jpg
  • Castelmezzano/Basilicata/Italy - Aug 02, 2009 - Fly of the Angel. The two towns of Pietrapertosa and Castelmezzano in the Italian Dolomites decided they wanted to attract more tourists.<br />
One suggested it was a shame they could not fly to the other village - and the idea of the "Flight of the Eagles" device - a mile-long metal cable suspended between two peaks - was born. Those willing to take up the challenge hang from a harness connected to the steel rope and then jump off from a special platform to travel across the valley which is 500m below.<br />
Riders can reach speeds of up to 90mph.
    Volo dell'Angelo - Castelmezzano (PZ...jpg
  • Castelmezzano/Basilicata/Italy - Aug 02, 2009 - Fly of the Angel. The two towns of Pietrapertosa and Castelmezzano in the Italian Dolomites decided they wanted to attract more tourists.<br />
One suggested it was a shame they could not fly to the other village - and the idea of the "Flight of the Eagles" device - a mile-long metal cable suspended between two peaks - was born. Those willing to take up the challenge hang from a harness connected to the steel rope and then jump off from a special platform to travel across the valley which is 500m below.<br />
Riders can reach speeds of up to 90mph.
    Volo dell'Angelo - Castelmezzano (PZ...jpg
  • Castelmezzano/Basilicata/Italy - Aug 02, 2009 - Fly of the Angel. The two towns of Pietrapertosa and Castelmezzano in the Italian Dolomites decided they wanted to attract more tourists.<br />
One suggested it was a shame they could not fly to the other village - and the idea of the "Flight of the Eagles" device - a mile-long metal cable suspended between two peaks - was born. Those willing to take up the challenge hang from a harness connected to the steel rope and then jump off from a special platform to travel across the valley which is 500m below.<br />
Riders can reach speeds of up to 90mph.
    Volo dell'Angelo - Castelmezzano (PZ...jpg
  • Castelmezzano/Basilicata/Italy - Aug 02, 2009 - Fly of the Angel. The two towns of Pietrapertosa and Castelmezzano in the Italian Dolomites decided they wanted to attract more tourists.<br />
One suggested it was a shame they could not fly to the other village - and the idea of the "Flight of the Eagles" device - a mile-long metal cable suspended between two peaks - was born. Those willing to take up the challenge hang from a harness connected to the steel rope and then jump off from a special platform to travel across the valley which is 500m below.<br />
Riders can reach speeds of up to 90mph.
    Volo dell'Angelo - Castelmezzano (PZ...jpg
  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • L'Aquila/Abruzzo/Italy - Apr 06, 2009 - A powerful earthquake tore through central Italy on Monday devastating historic mountain towns  and killing at least many people.
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  • Tolve/Basilicata/Italy
    Tolve (PZ).jpg
  • Rionero in V. Basilicata, Italy - La Stazione Ferroviaria
    Rionero - Stazione.jpg
  • Forenza, Basilicata, Italy - Quercia Centorami nel bosco di Forenza
    Quercia Centorami 2 Forenza.jpg
  • Basilicata, Italy - The wind energy
    Pale Eoliche 02.jpg
  • Basilicata, Italy - The wind energy
    Pale Eoliche 01.jpg
  • Castelmezzano, Basilicata, Italy - The Lucan Dolomites
    Dolomiti Lucane.jpg
  • Castelmezzano/Basilicata/Italy
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  • Castelmezzano/Basilicata/Italy
    Castelmezzano.jpg
  • Castelmezzano, Basilicata, Italy - The town with the Lucan Dolomites
    Castelmezzano - La piazza raw.jpg
  • Barile, Basilicata, Italy - The town under the Mount Vulture
    Barile (PZ) - dicembre 2006 01-2.jpg
  • Craco, Basilicata, Italy - The gost town. Craco was abandoned in the 1963 for a landslide.
    Craco (13)-4.jpg
  • Barile, Basilicata, Italy - Olive grove in the area of the Vulture.
    paesaggi lucani-7.jpg
  • Rapolla, Basilicata, Italy - The town with the cathedral
    paesaggi lucani-2.jpg
  • Matera/Basilicata/Italy - The Sassi
    Matera-1.jpg
  • Matera/Basilicata/Italy - The Sassi
    Matera 3-1.jpg
  • Pietragalla, Basilicata, Italy - The "Palmenti", traditional rural constructions in which is preserved the wine.
    I Palmenti di Pietragalla-1.jpg
  • Forenza, Basilicata, Italy - Landscape
    Forenza.jpg
  • Pietrapertosa, Basilicata, Italy - The castle
    Pietrapertosa (PZ) 5.jpg
  • Pietrapertosa, Basilicata, Italy - The castle
    Pietrapertosa (PZ) 2.jpg
  • Pietrapertosa, Basilicata, Italy - The castle
    Pietrapertosa (PZ) 1.jpg
  • Rionero in Vulture, Basilicata, Italy - The church of SS. Sacrament
    Rionero in Vulture
  • Basilicata, Italy - Te round bale in a field
    Balle Fieno-1.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 90.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 75.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 43.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 34.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 216.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 213.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 210.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 208.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 207.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 206.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 20.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 194.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 190.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 141.jpg
  • Pignola/Basilicata/Italy  17-05-08 - The traditional procession of the "Uglia". For the celebrations for the ?Madonna del Pantano?, a religious procession called ?della Uglia? takes place in the centre of Pignola. A little fabric throne having the shape of a steeple, with a painted image of the Madonna, is taken in procession around the village by a group of young people and followed by a band of locals. The Uglia bearers meet on their way obstacles in the narrow lanes, such as fires of brooms, called ?fanoia?. This tradition probably represents the fight between Good and Evil or maybe it is a way for making the Madonna spend more time in the quarter, so that people can ask for her protection. The Uglia bearers stage several attempts to jump into the flames, taking some Dutch courage in the form of wine. When the flames die out, the procession passes through the embers with a sudden jump and keeps on going until it meets further fires...
    La Uglia - Pignola 17-05-08 06.jpg
  • Positano/Campania/Italy - Amalfi Coast.
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  • Amalfi/Campania/Italy - Amalfi Coast.
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  • Sagra Maggese - Colobraro/Basilicata/Italy - Sul monte alto circa 8OO metri sul livello del mare,a ridosso dell?abitato, è da tempo immemorabile situata una croce che fu collocata a memoria e celebrazione dell?evento che secondo la tradizione nel lontano passato funestò il paese con l?invasione appunto delle cavallette. Queste, dalla lontana Africa, inondarono tutta la zona arrecando gravi danni non soltanto alle vegetazioni ma anche agli uomini con le loro dolorose punture. Ne subirono le conseguenze soprattutto gli anziani e i bambini che non erano in grado di difendersi dai morsi delle migliaia e migliaia di insetti. La popolazione si trovò in uno stato di disperazione e invocò l?aiuto del taumaturgo Francesco da Paola, il quale accolse la supplica e si recò sul posto, dove condusse il Crocefisso sulle sommità dei tre monti che circondano il  centro abitato di Colobraro. Sulla cima del Calvario, la più elevata, levò in alto la Santa Croce e ordinò alle cavallette..di allontanarsi dai luoghi che avevano invaso. Si narra che da quell?istante un forte vento spinse le locuste nelle acque del fiume Sinni dove trovarono la morte. In memoria di tutto questo ogni anno, e precisamente il 23 maggio, si snoda una processione per riportare il Crocefisso alla sommità del monte Calvario e per rendere omaggio alla Croce colà situata a ricordo del prodigio. Tradizionale è la processione notturna, accompagnata da una fiaccolata, fatta per le vie principali del paese. Questa ricorrenza risale al dopoguerra, quando i superstiti del grande conflitto tornarono e decisero di dedicare una messa ai caduti per ringraziare il Signore di essere rimasti in vita.
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  • Sagra Maggese - Colobraro/Basilicata/Italy - Sul monte alto circa 8OO metri sul livello del mare,a ridosso dell?abitato, è da tempo immemorabile situata una croce che fu collocata a memoria e celebrazione dell?evento che secondo la tradizione nel lontano passato funestò il paese con l?invasione appunto delle cavallette. Queste, dalla lontana Africa, inondarono tutta la zona arrecando gravi danni non soltanto alle vegetazioni ma anche agli uomini con le loro dolorose punture. Ne subirono le conseguenze soprattutto gli anziani e i bambini che non erano in grado di difendersi dai morsi delle migliaia e migliaia di insetti. La popolazione si trovò in uno stato di disperazione e invocò l?aiuto del taumaturgo Francesco da Paola, il quale accolse la supplica e si recò sul posto, dove condusse il Crocefisso sulle sommità dei tre monti che circondano il  centro abitato di Colobraro. Sulla cima del Calvario, la più elevata, levò in alto la Santa Croce e ordinò alle cavallette..di allontanarsi dai luoghi che avevano invaso. Si narra che da quell?istante un forte vento spinse le locuste nelle acque del fiume Sinni dove trovarono la morte. In memoria di tutto questo ogni anno, e precisamente il 23 maggio, si snoda una processione per riportare il Crocefisso alla sommità del monte Calvario e per rendere omaggio alla Croce colà situata a ricordo del prodigio. Tradizionale è la processione notturna, accompagnata da una fiaccolata, fatta per le vie principali del paese. Questa ricorrenza risale al dopoguerra, quando i superstiti del grande conflitto tornarono e decisero di dedicare una messa ai caduti per ringraziare il Signore di essere rimasti in vita.
    Sagra Maggese - Colobraro 23-05-08 1...jpg
  • Sagra Maggese - Colobraro/Basilicata/Italy - Sul monte alto circa 8OO metri sul livello del mare,a ridosso dell?abitato, è da tempo immemorabile situata una croce che fu collocata a memoria e celebrazione dell?evento che secondo la tradizione nel lontano passato funestò il paese con l?invasione appunto delle cavallette. Queste, dalla lontana Africa, inondarono tutta la zona arrecando gravi danni non soltanto alle vegetazioni ma anche agli uomini con le loro dolorose punture. Ne subirono le conseguenze soprattutto gli anziani e i bambini che non erano in grado di difendersi dai morsi delle migliaia e migliaia di insetti. La popolazione si trovò in uno stato di disperazione e invocò l?aiuto del taumaturgo Francesco da Paola, il quale accolse la supplica e si recò sul posto, dove condusse il Crocefisso sulle sommità dei tre monti che circondano il  centro abitato di Colobraro. Sulla cima del Calvario, la più elevata, levò in alto la Santa Croce e ordinò alle cavallette..di allontanarsi dai luoghi che avevano invaso. Si narra che da quell?istante un forte vento spinse le locuste nelle acque del fiume Sinni dove trovarono la morte. In memoria di tutto questo ogni anno, e precisamente il 23 maggio, si snoda una processione per riportare il Crocefisso alla sommità del monte Calvario e per rendere omaggio alla Croce colà situata a ricordo del prodigio. Tradizionale è la processione notturna, accompagnata da una fiaccolata, fatta per le vie principali del paese. Questa ricorrenza risale al dopoguerra, quando i superstiti del grande conflitto tornarono e decisero di dedicare una messa ai caduti per ringraziare il Signore di essere rimasti in vita.
    Sagra Maggese - Colobraro 23-05-08 1...jpg
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