I made a trip over the Apennines into the Garfagnana area east of Lucca. It is an area of Italy that I am very fond of. I had a few places I wanted to visit, but a turn of events changed my destinations.
As I rounded a corner descending down into Tuscany, I was fascinated by a small hamlet clustered around a church set into the mountain. I stopped and grabbed a camera to take a quick look. As I was leaving I said good morning to one of the inhabitants. He offered to show me the inside of the church. He also gave me two locations to see, one of which I will return to when it is open.
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| Petrognano, Piazza di Serchio, LU |
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Petrognano, Piazza di Serchio, LU
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Petrognano, Piazza di Serchio, LU
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Petrognano, Piazza di Serchio, LU
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Petrognano, Piazza di Serchio, LU
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My main photographic objective, on this trip was the Pieve di San Lorenzo, a Pieve on my Romanic project hitlist. San Lorenzo is nothing special inside, but the bell tower is interesting. |
| Pieve di San Lorenzo,LU |
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Pieve di San Lorenzo,LU
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Pieve di San Lorenzo,LU
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Pieve di San Lorenzo,LU
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Another destination was a location in the Alpi Apuani, Campocatino was once the summer camp of the local sheep farmers. It is being converted into holiday lets, to save it from dereliction. I had a good lunch here.
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Campocatino, LU
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| Campocatino, LU |
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| Campocatino, LU |
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| Campocatino, LU |
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| Campocatino, LU |
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| Campocatino, LU |
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| Campocatino, LU |
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| Campocatino, LU |
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| Campocatino, LU |
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| Campocatino, LU |
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| Campocatino, LU |
Borsigliana, one of the destinations the guy I met earlier, recommended. The medieval door lintel was indeed lovely.
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| Borsigliana |
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| Borsigliana, LU |
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| Borsigliana, LU |
Careggine an isolated village in the Alpi Apuani has a very old carving set into the wall of the bell tower. Two very warlike warriors.
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| Careggine, LU |
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Careggine, LU
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Careggine, LU
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Finally, I drove up the valley to Monzone, a rather tatty hilltop village. The church is in a spectacular position.
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| Monzone MS |
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| Monzone, MS |
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| Monzone, MS |
