Some winters ago I was exploring the High Valtellina and the valleys that lead into the secluded ski-resort of Livigno. It was 2003, down in Bormio there was a lot of ice but very little snow. To reach Livigno from Bormio you must cross the Passo del Foscagno, and finally up there, we found a [...]
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Massa and Carrara Marble Quarries at Twilight
Posted in Alps, Coast, Italy, Landscape, Luca Baldassarre, Mediterranean, Mountain, Nature, Night Shot, Photo, Quarry, Sea, Tuscany on 4 December 2007 | Leave a Comment »
High above the millenary marble quarries of Massa and Carrara (Tuscany, Italy), lies Campo Cecina, an undulating pasture perched among the steep cliffs of the Alpi Apuane. At 1300m and few kilometers from the Mediterranean, it’s possibile to enjoy a birds-eye-view of the flat coast shore of the Versilia and the Gulf of La Spezia, [...]