I’m glad you have enjoyed the history. In some cases, the dug huge cisterns and used the stone to build the church or the building above. I have recently purchased a property with this feature.
Love your passion for art and architecture! It makes it even more valuable to hear you sharing the cultural background in your short stories. Gracie mille. ❤️
A truly incredible feat. When considered , we should preserve/ love the buildings ,where this labour has left its mark. IL see those beauties through different eyes now. What a landmark. Thanks to for sharing
Giuliano Corbisiero thank you so much. We tent to look at buildings (old buildings) without appreciating the huge effort and engineering that went in to it!
Absolutely very good observation!! You wander why people are unemployed these days! Where are we going? Let the past connect us to the present and appreciate fully what we see today,
Even the most conservative 'back of the envelope' estimate of the amount of blocks required to build a masseria (let alone a church) x avg 8/day/worker cements the Zoccatori in superhero territory. Commendable vision by Mr. Stefanelli to restore the caves and preserve their legacy. Grazie Davide for your ever-purposeful storytelling.
Well done Stefanelli family! Very interesting and amazing history. There is much more appreciation for beautiful cathedrals & buildings built with Carparo & utmost respect for the sweat and tears shed by sokkatoris. Almost make you recent modern technology, as it has lost the traditional touch of love. Thank you, Salento with Love for this beautiful piece of history about beautiful Salento! Looking forward to visiting this place in the near future.
Can you imagine pulling out only 8 blocks in one day!! Knock knock knock all day, no shoes very little food and working underground! People above waiting to collect the blocks, load them and take them to building sites all over Salento. I will take you on a special and rare tour!! The shapes inside are like huge draping curtains, just sublime to look at!
Showing the machine cut the stone and THEN the pick axe is some masterful storytelling/teaching. It gives more appreciation for how hard it was. Also what I appreciate here is it’s not just the dukes and kings and wars that are history, it’s the labor of the people who are nameless but left their craftsmanship as their monument.
Love this history of the area and the stone and architecture thank you for sharing
I’m glad you have enjoyed the history. In some cases, the dug huge cisterns and used the stone to build the church or the building above. I have recently purchased a property with this feature.
Love your passion for art and architecture! It makes it even more valuable to hear you sharing the cultural background in your short stories. Gracie mille. ❤️
This was a truly magic day!! 💫
A truly incredible feat. When considered , we should preserve/ love the buildings ,where this labour has left its mark. IL see those beauties through different eyes now. What a landmark. Thanks to for sharing
Giuliano Corbisiero thank you so much. We tent to look at buildings (old buildings) without appreciating the huge effort and engineering that went in to it!
This is incredibly humbling.All that work. When one considers how many blocks were needed just to build one pallazzo or masseria!
Absolutely very good observation!! You wander why people are unemployed these days! Where are we going?
Let the past connect us to the present and appreciate fully what we see today,
Even the most conservative 'back of the envelope' estimate of the amount of blocks required to build a masseria (let alone a church) x avg 8/day/worker cements the Zoccatori in superhero territory. Commendable vision by Mr. Stefanelli to restore the caves and preserve their legacy. Grazie Davide for your ever-purposeful storytelling.
This is incredible, thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
Glad you have enjoyed the journey! Spread the good word about Salento!!
Well done Stefanelli family! Very interesting and amazing history. There is much more appreciation for beautiful cathedrals & buildings built with Carparo & utmost respect for the sweat and tears shed by sokkatoris. Almost make you recent modern technology, as it has lost the traditional touch of love. Thank you, Salento with Love for this beautiful piece of history about beautiful Salento! Looking forward to visiting this place in the near future.
Can you imagine pulling out only 8 blocks in one day!! Knock knock knock all day, no shoes very little food and working underground! People above waiting to collect the blocks, load them and take them to building sites all over Salento.
I will take you on a special and rare tour!! The shapes inside are like huge draping curtains, just sublime to look at!
Salento with Love I look forward to it! It'll definitely be a humbling experience no doubt!
Showing the machine cut the stone and THEN the pick axe is some masterful storytelling/teaching. It gives more appreciation for how hard it was.
Also what I appreciate here is it’s not just the dukes and kings and wars that are history, it’s the labor of the people who are nameless but left their craftsmanship as their monument.
Nicely put 🙌🙏
Thanks for this great video, very informative !
what an amazing family!!