IMG_1097 - Hillside farms along highway E847, which leads into more and more mountainous country.
IMG_1102 - Hilltop towns were popular all over Italy for defence until 1815 when Italy united.
IMG_1103 - The terrain gets dryer and rockier. This area is 47% mountains, with few people and a poor economy.
IMG_1108 - A quarry that shows the limestone that the mountains are made of.
IMG_1109 - Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi, an anti-Fascist, is an account of his exile in this area 1935-1936.
IMG_1110 - Everywhere in Italy, the new and the very old are side by side. Old stone buildings last forever.
IMG_1113 - The elevated road was closed for repairs.
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IMG_1124 - At Picerno the land starts to be better for farming.
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IMG_1140 - Matera