Italy Spinazzola

Abandoned Farmhouse in the Spinazzola Countryside: Witness of Time

2017
07/08
NIKON D810, 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8 @ f/8.0 1/100, ISO 64
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An abandoned farmhouse stands in the foreground, a silent witness to the social changes that have transformed Murgian agriculture. The building, with its partially collapsed roof and time-worn walls, tells of families who lived here cultivating wheat and raising livestock. Behind it, the hills of Spinazzola extend with their characteristic undulations, showing fields in various stages of cultivation. The rural exodus of the second half of the twentieth century left dozens of these abandoned buildings, which today constitute an integral part of the Murgian landscape, giving it a melancholic and evocative atmosphere.

farmhouse, abandoned, Spinazzola, Puglia, rural exodus, Murgia landscape, rural architecture