Sant' Agata Dei Goti Photo

Photographer’s Note

Sant'Agata de' Goti is a municipality in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 35 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km west of Benevento, with a long and interesting history.
The first settlement was established befor the Roman era, and the name of the town was set around 533 AD, when a Goth army was defeated and surrended, obtaining by the winners the right to live there peacefully.
During Middle Age the town was taken by Longobards and belonged to the Duchy of Benevento. In 1066 was conquered by Normans and in 1230 was taken by the Church's Kingdom.
Every ruler left traces in the archtitecture of the city, that's rather small but scattered of churches and civil buildings of different styled, from Gothic to Baroque.
The picture depicts the Church of Sant' Angelo de Munculanis, a Renaissance building that was built over another middle age, gothic chburch. Remnants of the old church are still at their place.

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trinko (2940) 2007-04-22 16:10

interesting subject nice wide angle view good colors nice focus

oanna (1196) 2007-04-22 16:24

hello giuseppe,
nice composition and sharpness for your photo
and a good POV.
very peaceful and old surroundings,i like it

TFS

Clementi (43895) 2007-04-22 18:05

Ciao
Giuseppe,
bellami piace molto lachiesa con quel cielo azzurro e nello stesso tempo nuvoloso
Giorgio

Waylim (10741) 2009-06-23 17:44

Hi Giuseppe,
I like this, charming church with nice POV and the inclusio of the lamp is a wonderful idea, it give a bit more interesting element and enhanced the composition. the Father and child walking at a sense of daily life and warm to the image and give it that tenderness and add emotion to the image. Color and light here are very well balanced and naturally beuatiful.
Way