Italy Apulia Spinazzola

View through a collapsed hollow brick wall towards another farmhouse on Monte Caccia

2019
03/31
X-T2, XF55-200mmF3.5-4.8 R LM OIS @ f/8.0 1/900, ISO 400
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An irregular gap in a terracotta-colored hollow brick wall offers a glimpse of another abandoned farmhouse on Monte Caccia. The hollow bricks, a typical inexpensive building material used in the agrarian reform of the 1950s, show signs of structural failure with jagged edges and precarious blocks. Through this opening, a building with a still partially intact tile roof can be seen, surrounded by spontaneous vegetation. In the background, a pine forest marks the boundary between abandoned agricultural areas and the woodland slowly reclaiming the territory. The gray concrete of the wall base contrasts with the warm color of the bricks, while the intense blue sky typical of spring Murgia illuminates the entire scene. This image documents the progressive decay of the agrarian reform building structures.

hollow bricks, collapsed wall, farmhouse, Monte Caccia, Spinazzola, agrarian reform, Apulia, ruins