Boating italy
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The Grand Canal in the grand city of Venezia!!! I don’t think I could ever get tired of taking photos here…
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Taken in my homeland, Salento, Puglia, south of Italy.. / I usually spend my summer holiday to my parents place, / I just love observing people fishing, gives me a sense of tranquility.. the sunset was so nice and I grabbed the opportunity to take this picture. / This is exactly the way it looked. / / . /
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Shot in January, great time to be in Venice. / Canon EOS D60, Sigma 18-55 Lens
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Venezia.Italia sold / 2 matted prints 20×16 – 9×5 Markers market / 20×30” framed Matted print – Private client / 18-10×8” Prints – federation square / 10-5×7” Prints – Hawthorn art market / 2-20×16” Matted prints – Redbubble Veniceis a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area . Venice has been known as the “Queen of the Adriatic”, “City of Water”, “City of Bridges”, and “The City of Light”. Music from Venice / / Venezia / / venezia II / / l’arc de triumphe,Treviso / / Treviso,Italia / / Music from Venice / / Venezia / / venezia II / / l’arc de triumphe,Treviso / / Treviso,Italia / Music from Venice Music from Venice / / Venezia / / venezia II / / Treviso,Italia / / l’arc de triumphe,Treviso / / Treviso,Italia / / / Venezia / / venezia II / / l’arc de triumphe,Treviso / / Treviso,Italia / sold / 2 matted prints
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Treviso, north of Venice, / Joelle / Music from Venice / / Venezia / / venezia II / / l’arc de triumphe,Treviso / / Treviso,Italia / Music from Venice / / Venezia / / venezia II / / Treviso,Italia / / l’arc de triumphe,Treviso / / Treviso,Italia /
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FEATURED IN ’’All About Boating’’ GROUP – AUGUST 2009 FEATURED IN “I Love Italy” GROUP – JULY 2009 FEATURED IN ’’Color and light’’ GROUP – JUNE 2009 FEATURED IN ’’Italy and all Things Italian’’ GROUP – JUNE 2009 MAKING THE MOST OF SUNLIGHT IN VENICE
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Found this boat in Tropea, Italy. —-—-— Nikon d70 with Nikkor AF-S DX 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
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Northamptonshire uk…... / Nikon D90 / Wish I knew how to Iron the water smooth
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Taken in the harbour of Savona, Liguria, Italia Sony Alpha 100 / iso 100, f 8.0, -1.7 Ev, 1/1000 sec., 80 mm. Thank you for your attention Featured in the group Contrasting Perceptions / Featured in the group Light and Reflection Top ten in the challenge Light and dark / Top ten in the challenge A Shady Spot / Top ten in the challenge Just a Little Light
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NikonD300 Nikkor 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 / 1/640sec F/113 135mm Winner of V challenge in Alphabet Soup – April 2009 Featured by European Everyday Life – 24th March 2009 Featured by Alphabet Soup – 21st April 2009
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Featured in Visions of Italy Group November – 08 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- / Featured in The Beauty of the European Waters Group October – 19 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in Live and Let Live Group October – 18 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / Featured in European Everyday Life Group October – 17 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Featured in JPG Cast-Offs Group October – 17 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / Featured in Your Magic PLACE Group October – 17 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / Featured in Dimensions Group Agoust – 25 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / Featured in The Beauty of the European Waters Group May – 28 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Challenge Winner The World Group – SUMMER! Challenge May 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in Your Magic Place Group May – 18 – 2009 / _______ Featured in All Water in Motion Group May – 18 – 2009 / ________ Featured in Shifting Sands Group May – 17 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Featured in Italy and all Things Italian April – 22 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Nikon D300 Sigma 15/30 Belvedere Marittimo is town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The town is made of two separate urbanized areas also called “paese” and “marina”. The first is what’s left of the original medieval town, the second was developed in more recent decades and it now represents the center of Belvedere Marittimo’s commercial and turistic services. Main sights The “Castello del Principe” was originally built by the Normands on what is the highest hill by the coast, around the year 1000. The castle was restored and enriched during the Spanish domination to assume the shape and architecture currently visible. Monastery of “San Daniele” (16th century) Paolo Emilio” roman tower Church of “Rosario” (Rosary) founded in 1091 Wooden Crucifix (17th century)
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Featured in European Everyday Life Cinque Terre meaning “The Five Lands” is a portion of the coast along the Italian Riviera. This shot was taken in Riomaggiore one of the five villages that make up Cinque Terre.
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Featured Members in That One Great Shot Shot Agoust – 24 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Challenge Winner in That One Great Shot Group – That One Great Shot SUNSET Challenge Agoust – 24 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Featured in That One Great Shot Group Agoust – 24 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Placed 8th in à EUROPA! Group – EUROPEAN SUNSETS Challenge July – 24 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Challenge Winner in Italy and all Things Italian Group – Italian Sunsets Challenge June 08 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Featured in Sunrise, Sunset April – 14 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in Live, Love, Dream April – 30 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in DSLR Users Only – 3 A Day May – 02 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— HDR processed in Photomatix Pro 3.1.3 from a single RAW image, then processed using CS4 – no tripod used Nikon D100 Sigma 15/30 Camogli – the “City of the Thousands Sailships” Our city has very old origin. Traces of a first settlement, dating back to the prehistoric age, have been discovered on the Castellaro hill, located east of the present downtown, in the middle of the park of the Cenobio dei Dogi Hotel, where we can find the the majestic maritimes pines. Unfortunately, we cannot retrack any remains of the Middle Ages, when the first beach village and the fort which protected the “Island”, which was rocky ram that forms the natural port. The first inhabitants were fishermen, right after they became seamen to serve the genoese fleet and later they kept their own business as shipowners. The glorious era of the camogliese people, extraordinary seamen, goes back to the 19th century, when their trade crossed with international events. In that period, they joined the Egypt’s and Algiers’ campaign and, overall, the Crimea war, as the only military striking force of the Piedmontese army. This useful contribute was possible thanks to their well equipped maritime fleet. Their audacity and skillness at sea were decisive to the result of the was and brought a solid welfare to the city. This welfare was well visible through the buildings and in the institutions, in the social services as well. The growing importance of Camogli allowed to obtain from king Vittorio Emanuele II the title of “City”. About its name, there are few speculations: camuggi in genoese dialect means “house of the wives” (their husbands were out at sea); another version says that cà a muggi (packed houses) reminds its landscape as seen from far out at sea. Finally and more realistically, scholars determined that the name Camogli comes from etrurian or celtic deities: Camulo or Camolio. Camogli has three neighbours: Ruta, St. Rocco and St. Fruttuoso and many valued places for environmental and historical matters. / Ruta, which was named by the route that passes through of it, has been built on the hills, at an altitude of 300 metres. There we experience a mild and dry climate, for this, Ruta was a reknown tourist destination until the last century. Today this neighbour is the departure point for the many escursions to the Portofino Park. By going to a private boulevard, we can reach the Portofino Kulm hotel, built on the first years of the 20th century and restored recently.St. Rocco lies on a rocky wall falling to the sea: up there you can admire the Paradiso Gulf panorama.St. Fruttuoso, which is only reachable by foot or by boat, is a sea village framed in a narrow valley of the Portofino promontory. There we find a very valuable monumental complex : the abbey, the church and the Andrea Doria’s tower. Camogli, among the many historical and artistic treasures, has various religious buildings. On the “Island”, close to the medieval castle, we can admire the Basilica, named after Santa Maria Assunta, which hosts many art masterpieces of the camogliese sculptors Francesco and Bernardo Schiaffino and of the genoese painters Niccolò Barabino and Francesco Semino. Inside the church, among the altars, decorated by valuable marbles, we can admire the paintings of the Patron saints of Camogli: St. Fortunato, protector of fishermen and seamen and St. Prosperous, patron of the city.Uphill of the Repubblica Street, you will find the Oratory of St.Prosperous and Caterina, dating back to the 15th century. The old crucifix inside the building has a great value for the camogliese people: it was carried out in procession during the difficult times. On the hills, we meet the church and monastery of St. Prosperous, still today it is hosting a small community of benedectine friars; then we meet the sanctuary of Our Lady of the Boschetto, loved specially by seamen which invoke the Lady during sea storms and perils, as painted in the various votive images.In the downtown of Ruta we can admire the parish church, built on 17th century. Inside there, we find masterpieces of painters and sculptors such as Bernardo Castello and Francesco Schiaffino. Along the road which leads to St. Martino of Noceto, we meet the millenary church dated back to the 12th century, national monument, seat of classic concerts specially in the summertime.Between St Rocco and Chiappa Point, western tip of the Portofino promontory, we mmet the romanic church of St. Nicolò of Capodimonte which is placed into a spectacular and natural frame. Finally, in the sea village of St. Fruttuoso, it is possible to admire the benedectine abbey, placed by side of the romanic church, donated on 1983 along with the built-up area, by the Doria Pamphily princes to the Italian Fund for the Environment (F.A.I.), which arranged to restore it.In the St. Fruttuoso bay we can dive to reach the Abyss Christ, a bronze statue which is object of devotion by many divers. Since the old times, due to its location, the inhabitants of Camogli looked for sustenance from the sea. Before as fishermen and after as captains and shipowners. Since 1800 until 1900, Camogli prduces 3700 ship captains, 2932 merchant vessels and more than 500 naval engineers. Indeed, in the middle of the 19th century, our city reaches the top of its maritime economy. Camogliese ships and crews join the events which had been lead to the Unity of Italy on 1860. Simone Schiaffino, the ensign of the ” Mille”, the Garibaldi’s army, was a brave camogliese ship captain. Again, on the middle of 1800, the first camogliese maritime insurance was founded: it covered the damages originated by the perilous sailings of those times. Just in that period, Camogli is named “the City of the Thousands Sailships”. The most famous ships were the bricks and barks and the camogliese crews were very brave to handle them. At the beginning of the 20th century, along with the mechanic propulsion, the “family management” of the sailships started to decline: it was extremely expensive to keep the maintenance all around the world of an “iron ship”. As a remain of the extraordinary maritime tradition of Camogli, we have today the high professional value of its seamen, specially on board the most modern cruise and cargo ships where the highest level of technology can be found. To admire the maritime tradition of Camogli, please visit the Maritime Museo “G.B.Ferrari”, located in the stairways in front of the railway station. In the museum, you will find rare parts of ships and seamen’s belongings wich are donations of the camogliese families of 1800 and 1900. HDR processed in Photomatix Pro 3.1.3 from a single RAW image, then processed using CS4.Nikon D300 camera Sigma 15/30 Lens no tripod use.
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Featured in Colour and Light Group October – 16 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Challenge Winner in A Place To Call Home Group – HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS Challenge September – 09 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Featured in A Place To Call Home Group September – 04 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Featured in Country Bumpkin Group Agoust – 20 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / Featured in Style! Class! Elegance! Group Agoust – 20 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Placed 6th in Trees Group – Spring Trees Challenge June 24 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Challenge Winner VIBRANT COLOURS IN NATURE in à EUROPA! Group May 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- May – 08 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Featuredin in Natural Color and Light Group May – 07 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Featured in Italy and all Things Italian Group May – 06 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Featured in Weekly Theme Challenges Group May – 06 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Challenge Winner Weekly Theme Challenges Group “Challenge Spring” May 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Italian Spring Nikon D300 Sigma 15/30
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Five Lands National Park – Liguria – La Spezia – Italy —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Featured in A View Somewhere Group October – 17 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Featured in JPG Cast-Offs Group October – 16 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / Featured in Heritage Listed and Other Trusts Sites World Wide Group June – 22 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Placed 4th in ! 100% ! Group 100% You Challenge May 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Nikon D300 Sigma 15/30 HDR processed in Photomatix Pro 3.1.3 from a single RAW image, then processed using CS4 – no tripod used Properties Inscribed on the World Heritage List – Italy Portovenere, Five Lands, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997) Vernazza The name is thought to derive from the Latin adjective verna, meaning “of the place” or “indigenous”. / Thus the village’s name would be linked to its most famous product, Vernaccia, the local wine. / Others maintain that the place name comes from a Latin predial, Vulnetia, indicating a family that owned land.
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Featured in HDR Photography Group October – 24 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in Going Coastal Group October – 19 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Featured in Happy Haven Photography Group October – 19 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- / Featured in Live and Let Live Group October – 18 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Featured in Nautical Group October – 18 – 2009 / -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Featured in A View Somewhere Group October – 17 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Challenge Winner in à Europa Group – HDR PHOTOGRAPHY IN EUROPE Challenge June – 03 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Featured in You’re Accepted Group June – 01 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Featured in The Scavenger Hunt Group June – 01 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Featured in All the Colors of the Rainbow Group May – 29 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Featured in The Beauty of the European Waters Group May – 20 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Nikon D100 Sigma 15/30 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— HDR processed in Photomatix Pro 3.1.3 from a single RAW image, then processed using CS4 – no tripod used / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Sestri Levante – Bay of Silence From the church square, you can also get the best possible view over the extraordinary Baia del Silenzio, an enchanting part of the Ligurian coast in the shape of an arch by the crescent of the beautiful sandy beach and the series of colourful Genoese-style façades; at the back of the bay, beyond the isthmus, we can glimpse the Gulf of Tigullio, with the mount of Portofino on the background. According to tradition, Sestri Levante was founded by the Ligurian tribe of the “Tigullii” and it was already known in the Roman Age under the name “Segesta Tigulliorum”. The ancient core of the town developed in the Middle Ages in a fortified position on the “island”. After the 15th century, the town expanded onto the alluvial plain south of the Gromolo river. Sestri Levante then became part of the Fieschi family’s domain, until it passed under the flags of the Republic of Genoa, which built the castle on the “island” and kept control of the town until the Napoleonic conquest.
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La Spezia Harbour – Italy / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Featured in A View Somewhere Group October – 17 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Challenge Winner in That One Great Shot Group – The Challenge Winners Challenge September – 22 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Top Ten in Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence! – Best Featured Work (II) Challenge September – 11 – 2009 / -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Challenge Winner in Yachts and Sailing Vessels Group – Avatar for September 2009 Challenge September – 04 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Challenge Winner in The Male Photographer Group – That Means Something Challenge Agoust – 26 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in The Male Photographer Group Agoust – 26 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / Featured in Yachts and Sailing Vessels Group Agoust – 16 – 2009 / -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Featured in Nautical Group Agoust – 13 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in All About Your Best Work Group Agoust – 09 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Featured in That One Great Shot Group Agoust – 08 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in ImageWriting (2/24) Group Agoust – 07 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Featured in Italy and all Things Italian Group July – 20 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured Members in Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence! June – 29 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Featured in Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence! Group June – 29 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Challenge Winner in Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence! Group – Your Best Shot – Group Members Only Challenge June – 27 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- Featured in DSLR Users Only – 3 A Day Group June – 23 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— Featured in European Everyday Life Group June – 23 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in Color and Light Group June – 23 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- Amerigo Vespucci Amerigo Vespucci 3 mast full rigged sailing ship takes its name from the famous Italian sailor and cartographer who also lent his name to the new world. Built 1930-31, Royal Shipyard (formerly), Castellamare di Stabia. and carried out many voyages before World War II. The period of the war was the only time the ship has not been active. The elegant, three-mated full rigger serves as the training vessel of the Italian Naval Academy.The entire rig and all the sheets are traditional materials: Canvas sails and hemp ropes. The only synthetic on board is the mooring lines, which have to be an approved type for some of the ports they visit. The sheets, laid end to end, span 35 km. Nikon D300 Sigma 15/30 Image took at 5.20AM June – 13 – 2009
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Five Lands National Park – Italy Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List – Italy Portovenere, Five Lands, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) (1997) / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / Featured in Visions of Italy Group October – 24 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Featured in Going Coastal Group October – 17 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Featured in Sea Group October – 16 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / Featured in Historic Places Group September – 06 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / Challenge Winner in Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence! Group – The Best Waterscape (sea, river, lake only) Challenge Agoust – 28 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Featured in National Trust Properties Group July – 26 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— Featured in Unlimited Quality Group July – 21 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Nikon D300 Sigma 15/30 Vernazza The name is thought to derive from the Latin adjective verna, meaning “of the place” or “indigenous”. Thus the village’s name would be linked to its most famous product, Vernaccia, the local wine. Others maintain that the place name comes from a Latin predial, Vulnetia, indicating a family that owned land. • 1080: the first mention of the village dates to a deed of gift by Albert IV Rufo, grandson of Adalbert II of the Obertenghi family, drawn up in castro Vernazio, i.e. the castle of Vernazza. • 1207: the lords of Vernazza submit to Genoa. • 1242: the inhabitants of Vernazza drive back Frederick II’s troops led by his deputy Oberto Pallavicino. • 1254: in the Cathedral of Santa Reparata in Florence, Florentine judges concede Vernazza to Genoa, together with all lands and castles situated between the Magra river and Genoa itself. • 1310: date of the earliest documents referring to the Church of Santa Margherita di Antiochia. • 1874: the railway line between Genoa and La Spezia is completed, putting an end to the village’s centuries-old isolation. • 1997: UNESCO places Vernazza, together with the other four towns of the Cinque Terre, on its “world heritage” list.
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Shot at the Lake of Ganzirri, Messina, Sicily. Nikon d70 with with Nikkor AF-S DX 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED Other boat images:
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Sinking of Venice / (wikipedia) / . The buildings of Venice are constructed on closely spaced wood piles, which were imported from the mainland. (Under water, in the absence of oxygen, wood does not decay. It is petrified as a result of the constant flow of mineral-rich water around and through it, so that it becomes a stone-like structure.) The piles penetrate a softer layer of sand and mud until they reach the much harder layer of compressed clay. Wood for piles was cut in the most western part of today’s Slovenia, resulting in the barren land in a region today called Kras, and in two regions of Croatia, Lika and Gorski kotar (resulting in the barren slopes of Velebit). Most of these piles are still intact after centuries of submersion. The foundations rest on the piles, and buildings of brick or stone sit above these footings. The buildings are often threatened by flood tides pushing in from the Adriatic between autumn and early spring. Six hundred years ago, Venetians protected themselves from land-based attacks by diverting all the major rivers flowing into the lagoon and thus preventing sediment from filling the area around the city. This created an ever-deeper lagoon environment. During the 20th century, when many artesian wells were sunk into the periphery of the lagoon to draw water for local industry, Venice began to subside. It was realized that extraction of the aquifer was the cause. This sinking process has slowed markedly since artesian wells were banned in the 1960s. However, the city is still threatened by more frequent low-level floods (so-called Acqua alta, “high water”) that creep to a height of several centimeters over its quays, regularly following certain tides. In many old houses the former staircases used by people to unload goods are now flooded, rendering the former ground floor uninhabitable. Many Venetians have resorted to moving up to the upper floors and continuing with their lives. Some recent studies have suggested that the city is no longer sinking, but this is not yet certain; therefore, a state of alert has not been revoked. In May 2003 the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi inaugurated the MOSE project (Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico), an experimental model for evaluating the performance of inflatable gates; the idea is to lay a series of 79 inflatable pontoons across the sea bed at the three entrances to the lagoon. When tides are predicted to rise above 110 centimetres, the pontoons will be filled with air and block the incoming water from the Adriatic sea. This engineering work is due to be completed by 2011. Some experts say that the best way to protect Venice is to physically lift the City to a greater height above sea level, by pumping water into the soil underneath the city. This way, some hope, it could rise above sea levels, protecting it for hundreds of years, and eventually the MOSE project may not be necessary (it will, controversially, alter the tidal patterns in the lagoon, damaging some wildlife). A further point about the “lifting” system would be that it would be permanent; the MOSE Project is, by its very nature, a temporary system: it is expected to protect Venice for only 100 years. / . / . / / . / .
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Challenge Winner in Italy and all Things Italian Group – Doors & Windows of Italy Challenge September – 29 – 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- Featured Member in #1 Artists of RedBubble Group Featured in #1 Artists of RedBubble Group September – 21 – 2009 —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / Scalea is a town in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Scalea is a picturesque, little town which takes its name from its terraced lay-out an the hillside, at the bottom of the Capo Scalea promontory. The old town is placed on the heights and preserves the remains of an ancient wall, while towards the beach, the Scalea Marina centre has recently been developed, with modern, comfortable hotels splendid villas and numerous, fully-equipped bathing areas on the beach. These enchanting beaches look out onto a sea of incomparable beauty. This town was no doubt inhabited even in prehistorical times, as proved by the material of the Paleolithic period that was excavated in a cavern near Torre Talao, which dominates over the rocky promontory called Scalea Island. It is claimed that the town of Lao, of pre- Indo-European origin and colonized by the Sybarites in the 6th-5th century B.C., once stood an the plain South of Scalea, near the mouth of the river Lao. Nowadays Scalea is synonymous of seaside and holidays. Indeed, it is one of the most visited resorts in Italy. But the name of Scalea is also synonymous of culture, history and folklore. During the Swabian, Angevin, Aragonese and Spanish era, Scalea became an important fief and a centre of study, which was gradually enriched with monuments and works of art, most of which can still be admired today. The 13th century Palazzo of the Spinelli Princes (XIII century), which belongs to the Town Council, is the most important building of the lower part of the old Town Centre. In the old hamlet the main “street” is an attractive stairway that begins in piazza De Palma: it is a natural amphitheatre. Well north a visit are the Norman Castle, the Palazzo Palamolla, of Renaissance inspiration and the Torre Cimalonga, Aragonese style building, now the seat of the “Antiquarium”. Nikon Coolpix 990
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Ponte della Croce on La Giudecca, one of the major Islands of Venice, Italy. This bridge used to be called Ponte della Zirada (of the turn), because in the regattas the boats rounded a post placed opposite to it. Single RAW image Tonemapped in Photomatix Pro 3.2. Camera: Canon EOS 450D (Digital Rebel XSi in the USA) / Sigma 18-200mm lens / Exif data from the JPG / F-stop f/5.6 / ISO 200 / Focal length 106 mm BEST VIEWED LARGER Related shots can be found at: Venice or Italy. Featured in : Bridges : 3 Oct 09 / Featured in : A View somewhere….. : 3 Oct 09
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