We return to Palermo; it is one of the best cities for urban photography with its extraordinary mishmash of architectural styles and long perspectives down narrow streets. The extensive use of brown and dull red marble above dark grey flagstones give it a sombre tone. But the past is etched with the exuberant present, including…
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Paestum
A week on the coast in the old town of Castellabate in the Parco Nazionale del Cilento meant we were a short drive from Paestum or, as the original Greek settlers called it, Poseidonia. Paestum is a place of quiet, green fields filled with the remains of a city dating back around 2,500 years with…