Hills Striped with Green and Yellow: the Changing Landscape of Gravina in Puglia

The landscape around Gravina in Puglia offers this spectacle of contrasting colors. The hills show alternating stripes of green and yellow, created by the presence of different crops or plots in different phases of the agricultural cycle. Two solitary trees on the hill in the foreground add vertical elements to a composition dominated by horizontal lines. The cloudy sky diffuses a soft light that enhances the tones of the terrain. Gravina in Puglia, a city with Sassi similar to those of Matera, dominates a territory of great beauty where agriculture has been practiced since ancient times.

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