Giuseppe
By Photo Notes
7 Nov 2009
Roscigno is a small country abandoned in the mountains of the national Park of the Cilento in Campania (southern Italy). The country has only an inhabitant and its name it is Giuseppe Spagnolo. In the year 2000 the town had four inhabitants. Now, melancholy Giuseppe tells me, I have remained the only inhabitant. The first houses
of this suggestive country they have an ancient origin, you are been built by some families of shepherds in 1500. But the native country has been abandoned from its inhabitants to the beginnings of 1900 because of some landslides all the inhabitants they abandoned the country, only Giuseppe has remained to Roscigno.
Giuseppe is the last custodian of a place out of the time, and its eyes are the historical and visual memory of this nature and these marvelous and wild mountains.
writing and photo: Photonotes
1 response
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diana anderson gave props (8 Nov 2009):
great essay! do you have leprechauns in italy? guiseppe looks a bit magical to me!!
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