Old town Matera downtown BnW
by Umberto Barone
Title
Old town Matera downtown BnW
Artist
Umberto Barone
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Photograph - Photography
Description
View of Matera, Italy, in black and white; the view is centered on ancient part of the town with the old church and bell tower.
Matera is found in Basilicata, a district of Southern Italy; was declared a UNESCO site in 1993 and European Capital of Culture in 2019, and has a very long history, in fact it is believed that this area has been peopled since the Paleolithic (10th millennium BC), making this place one of the oldest inhabited settlements in the world ; its original settlement, located in two canyons carved by the Gravina river and known as the "Sassi di Matera", is a complex of cave dwellings carved into the ancient canyon. Throughout its history Matera has been occupied by Greeks, Romans, Lombards, Byzantines, Saracens, Swabians, Angevins, Aragonese and Bourbons.
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January 21st, 2021
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Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups Special Features #21 promotion discussion. Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views Group....L/F/Tw
Diana Mary Sharpton
Nominating this stunning bw capture of the Old Town Matera-downtown for special feature on the 1000 view group... F/Twitter-dms
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Please place your featured image in the Feature Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Nisah Cheatham
Congrats! This photo has been featured on the •UNESCO World Heritage Sites• group on FAA/Pixels. ||| Featured images are capped around 30, so you are invited to archive your photo to the "2021 Features!" discussion topic.
Umberto Barone
Thank you for featuring this photo in "My Gallery For All Artist" group on Fine Art America
Gary F Richards
Magnificent capture, lighting, shading and artwork! F/L …Congratulations on your features!
ROSELYNNE BROUSSARD
This is such an interesting image ~ would love to see it in My Gallery For All Artists:)))
Umberto Barone replied:
thank you Roselynne; is "My gallery for all artist" a FAA group? if so I would be honored to join :)
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Gray Scale Outdoors” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
Murray Rudd
Congratulations on being featured in the FAA Group 'Promote Your Work Here and Get Noticed.' To ensure your feature remains available over time, post your featured image(s) in the Group's featured image archive (l/f and, if you allow pinning, pinned at www.pinterest.ca/tendrelimages/01-promote-your-work-here-get-noticed/)
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic photographic art has been chosen as a Camera Art Group feature! You are invited to archive your work in the feature archive discussion. There are many other discussions in the group where you can promote your art even further more.
Umberto Barone
Thank you for featuring this photo in "Black and White Photography" group on Fine Art America
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