Historic Ruin on the Crest of Murgian Hills: Memories of Peasant Life

An old ruined farmhouse dominates the summit of a hill on the Murge Plateau, creating a highly evocative image. The crumbling walls, still visible against the sky, tell stories of peasant families who lived and worked here. Around the building, wheat fields extend in every direction, testimony to the cereal vocation of these lands. The contrast between the grey stone of the ruin and the gold of the fields creates an intense chromatic composition. These abandoned farmhouses are characteristic elements of the Murgian landscape, involuntary monuments to the memory of a rural Italy that is disappearing.

ruin, abandoned farmhouse, Murge hills, peasant life, rural landscape, Genzano, Basilicata