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Title
Pitigliano Panorama
Artist
Alan Socolik
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I stood on top of the car to take this panoramic cityscape photo of the picturesque, fascinating, medieval town of Pitigliano, Italy. Pitigliano is located in the Grosseto region of Tuscany.
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When you see Pitigliano, it's like turning the pages of a book of fairy tales set in the Middle Ages. This Tuscan town is built on a promontory surrounded by bright green valleys, grooved by the Lente and Meleta rivers. The high tufa cliffs are chiselled with a thousand caves and tower-houses. The houses are built on a tufaceous drum in the same jutting vertical as the sheer cliffs which make the city wall almost superfluous.
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This, however, in no way detracts from the splendid military structures such as the 13th Orsini palace. The town takes pride in its heritage: the Prehistoric period, with its tombs discovered along the city wall and in the surrounding area; the Roman period that left behind the town's name, Gens Petilia; the Medieval period of the Aldobrandeschi, lords of the Maremma for almost five hundred years; the Renaissance grandeur brought by the noble Roman family, the Orsini; and, after a brief Sienese interlude, the Medici and their heirs, the Lorraine who stimulated a phase of modernization.
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Another key to the appreciation of Pitigliano is the famous Jewish ghetto. This extraordinary town has been called "Little Jerusalem" because of its large and active Jewish population which settled there beginning in the 15th century. Today the Sinagogue is once again open to the public, both for worship and a visit, after extensive restoration.The interesting Jewish Cemetery, the unleavened bread oven, the cellar carved into the rock where Kosher wine is produced, the Kosher butcher, the cleansing baths for women and the cleaners are all open to the public.
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The town is surrounded by important archaeological sites, from the ancient vie cave to the various necropoleis and primitive villages. Without doubt, the most important necropolis is Poggio Buco, the largest Etruscan centre on the Fiora. In addition to the remains of the original city, numerous varieties of tombs have been discovered, among which the monumental cliff tombs such as the Tombadelta Regina (the Queen's Tomb). The wine production is another good reason to visit this land. The vineyards, fertilized by volcanic tufa and thousand year old humus, produce prestigious white DOC wines. The caves and tombs cut into the tufa rock are used as cellars for the wines' preservation and aging. The olive oil as well, produced by cold pressing, has few rivals on the national and international scene.
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Where is Pitigliano: is located in the west of Grosseto province, on the border with the Lazio region.
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much of the text above is quoted from abcTuscany.com
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October 28th, 2012
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Niceville, Fl - United States
Beautiful! Congratulations on your tie for first in the Thanks contest! LF
Broadway, NJ - United States
Alan Socolik, Thank You for submitting your capture & story to Nov Wide Thanks... With a day of voting to go, your photograph is in running as a win! You also meet the ideal criteria for wide format sizing for the show! If you have not already submitted to the FAA Group: Art 4 Billboards please do... If it is tied or in top 3 position it can be among the Nov Wide features. Also your story about the capture is wonderful. Hoping you gain new audience & success. Admin, GJ glorijean
Franklin Square, NY - United States
Alan, Fantastic panoramic scene, great details and the feeling of such a wide open field excellent photo, visit from LAP group, favorite, voted, tweet, google and FB promoted and voting and promoting your other links in LAP group
Fort Worth, TX - United States
i've always loved this one! v
Alan Socolik replied:
thanks! we've printed this as a 72x24 canvas - had 2 local customers. it came out GREAT!!!
Hermann, MO - United States
Scrumptious image Alan! I'm ready to pack my bags. Of course, I'm always ready to pack my bags to ritorna a l'italia! Thanks for the sweet memories and this lovely picture! voted, favorite, promoted as PIF in CFC group
Chicago, IL - United States
I have already voted for this magnificant panorama..but I wanted to return to fav, tweet and G+ :))
Sunshine Coast, Qu - Australia
Wow!! this looks amazing, I want to go there!!!! v.
Alan Socolik replied:
it is amazing, especially walking around the little streets and alleyways... thanks.
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