Traces of the Past: Y3-10

By Sue / November 9, 2017 / Abandoned, Architecture, Decay, Ruins / 12 comments

A trace of a relatively recent past, abandoned in the 1960s:

‘The overhangingness and the staringness are unnerving’ Elizabeth Bowen, A time in Rome

Craco, overhanging

Main street, Craco

Linked to Thursday’s Special here

Tags: Craco, Traces of the Past

12 comments

beetleypete

November 9, 2017 at 5:41 PM

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The birds in the sky on that top photo lend real atmosphere to the shot.
Best wishes, Pete.
- Sue
  
  November 9, 2017 at 8:51 PM
  
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  Precisely what I thought!
morselsandscraps

November 9, 2017 at 9:25 PM

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Love the quote, and the birds give it a Hitchcock-y feel. A nice bit of disaster tourism, if that’s not a contradiction.
- Sue
  
  November 9, 2017 at 9:36 PM
  
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  Nice and disaster, it must be said, are something of uneasy bedfellows….
  Glad you like the quote, I wrote it down when I was reading Bowen’s book, knowing I would like to use it one day. As for the birds, they made the image
pommepal

November 10, 2017 at 10:48 AM

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The first image looks like a surrealist painting and those birds came by at the perfect moment.
- Sue
  
  November 10, 2017 at 2:16 PM
  
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  Those birds arrived at precisely the right moment!
restlessjo

November 10, 2017 at 6:35 PM

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I had to go back to look for the birds! The Internet is loadind so slowly I’m almost asleep and it started with your second photo, which is my prefered shot. 🙂 🙂
- Sue
  
  November 10, 2017 at 7:29 PM
  
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  Interesting….I do like that second shot, but wish I had a lone figure in the distance….
Paula

November 29, 2017 at 11:46 AM

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I was going to say that this is a fascinating part of Italy, but come to think of it – all parts of Italy are fascinating to me. The first shot with birds above is captivating, Sue. I wish I could stay longer here, but work is stressing again.
- Sue
  
  November 29, 2017 at 2:55 PM
  
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  Good to see you here, Paula, and glad you like my decay….
  - Paula
    
    November 30, 2017 at 9:43 PM
    
    I love your decay(s), always did.
  - Sue
    
    December 1, 2017 at 11:13 AM
    
    Yippee!