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14-SEP-2009
Lombard castle - San Felice a Cancello
A little way out of Naples - heading for Benevento, but still in Caserta province
- the unusual five-towered Lombard castle looms high above the train as it makes
a stop at Cancello station.
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Sant’Angelo a Palombara
An isolated monastery, dedicated to the Archangel Michael, on a hilltop some 600 metres asl
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Archaeological excavations
Seen from the train as it approached the outskirts of Benevento,
ancient wall foundations, with the remains of at least one archway and more...
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Benevento - single diesel railcar
Very similar to the train that took us down the single track line to Foggia -
ideal for photographers.. relatively slow, with slide-down windows on both sides!
Update... September 2010: sad news this week - this service (train number 8235)
is one of many that have been withdrawn due to cuts, and replaced by a bus!
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14-SEP-2009
Farming, ancient and modern
Today the landscape yields a more ethereal crop than some these centuries-old fields have seen
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14-SEP-2009
Wind turbines
Taken from the train, just before Orsara di Puglia on the journey from Benevento to Foggia
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The station at Orsara di Puglia
Note the windows - no squatters here!
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Landscape with olive tree
Large areas are now down to cereals, leaving only the merest hints of older forms of land use
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