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In the mountain villages|Street & Courtyard space Italy- #1



The scene is in the movie called Nostalghia(Tarkovsky)...CALCATA
Street・Courtyard space...mountain villages in the North Rome

A lot of attractive villages like POLI、PERUGIA、ORVIETO、CAPRAROLA、SAN MARTINO AL CIMINO、BOMARZO、CALCATA are located in the mountainous district...

Most of the villages are placed on the steep hills to defend own colonies from invaders. As a result, beautiful street & courtyard space have been made...

In the some villages like ORVIETO, people have to draw some water from the deep wells due to the uplands. The depth is amazingly approximately 80m. In addition, the double spiral staircases are set in the wells...

Even if there is strict limitation, the villages are located on the uplands...

POLI


PERUGIA


PERUGIA...Stairs styled Steet space is not gentle, it is a bit steep. The attractive street space gives good tension to the houses around it...Only street space is open for the dense houses in this town. In this sense, the street space could be regarded as courtyrd...


PERUGIA


PERUGIA


BOMARZO


BOMARZO


CAPRAROLA


BOMARZO


CALCATA...Attractive outer stairs are in the courtyard...

PERUGIA Pedestrian walkway and street space are cross...


PERUGIA


PERUGIA


PERUGIA


PERUGIA




CAPRAROLA


SAN MARTINO AL CIMINO


BOMARZO


Courtyard like an open space in CALCATA ...
Map of Italy1
Map of the Mediterranean area.
Villages and cities in Italy #1, Italy #2, Spain, Morocco #1, Morocco #2, Algeria, Tunisia.





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