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reviews_and_ramblings ([personal profile] reviews_and_ramblings) wrote2008-08-24 11:33 pm

Around the World: Spello

Do you miss me? Sorry but last week I was pretty absent and the reason is that from Monday to Friday I was in Dublin for work, and the weekend I went to visit a bit of Italy, Marche and Umbria county. So as "present", here for you a very fresh and new pic from my weekend, just downloaded from the digital camera...


by Elisa, Spello, 2008



I don't know what to think of this digital camera, I'm more a type of reflex camera, but for sure is easy to share with you the pics as soon as I make them!

Spello (in Antiquity: Hispellum) is an ancient town and comune (township) of Italy, in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the lower southern flank of Mt. Subasio. It is 6 km (4 mi) NNW of Foligno and 10 km (6 mi) SSE of Assisi.

The old walled town lies on a regularly NW-SE sloping ridge that eventually meets the plain. From the top of the ridge, Spello commands a good view of the Umbrian plain towards Perugia; at the bottom of the ridge, the town spills out of its walls into a small modern section (or Borgo) served by the rail line from Rome to Florence via Perugia.

Populated in ancient times by the Umbri, it became a Roman colony in the 1st century BC. Under the reign of Constantine the Great it was called Flavia Constans, as attested by a document preserved in the local Communal Palace. (From Wikipedia)
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[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2008-08-24 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, it's a quite small town but with beautiful views. Elisa

Photo

[identity profile] peachette48.livejournal.com 2008-08-24 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice!
I hope you enjoyed Dublin, too.
I wish I could go somewhere!!!!!!!!!!

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[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2008-08-24 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
In Dublin rained almost all the time, so it was nice to find sun in south of Italy. Elisa

[identity profile] laurazel.livejournal.com 2008-08-24 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Ma che bello, sei stata a Spello!
Adoro l'Umbria, ho vissuto lì per tre-quattro mesi tempo fa (a Perugia in realtà) ed ho sempre amato questa regione... ho visitato quasi tutti i paesi e le città dei dintorni! <3<3<3
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[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2008-08-24 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Sono stata due giorni a Camerino, in un antico borgo restaurato (Morro). Da lì ho visitato Camerino, Matelica e San Severino nelle Marche e la Rocca di Varano. Poi oggi sulla strada del ritorno mi sono fermata a Spello. Tutto incantevole. Elisa

[identity profile] sydmcginley.livejournal.com 2008-08-24 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
We _did_ miss you, but what a lovely trip you had!

[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2008-08-25 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks Syd. Elisa
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[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2008-08-25 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, a very peaceful place even if is full of tourist in this period. Elisa

[identity profile] snowmore.livejournal.com 2008-08-25 10:47 am (UTC)(link)
Dublin, then Italy!! Holy!!

The picture is stunning, Elisa.

I like my digital cameras because of the ease of sharing pictures, but I still struggle to get the best indoor pictures. Still fiddling with the settings.

[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2008-08-25 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
I believe that I will continue to use my reflex camera for the most particular pics, I can have more option. Elisa

[identity profile] ajllewellyn.livejournal.com 2008-08-25 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Aloha Elisa,
This photo is about the most romantic thing I have ever seen - and there isn't even a nekked man in it. This is stunning. You're good! This photo is giving me ideas already for a new book. Travel safe,
AJ

[identity profile] elisa-rolle.livejournal.com 2008-08-25 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
It's easy to be good with a so magnificent place. Elisa