Tag: Historical

August 13, 2022 (day 11 of 24)

In the spotlight

292 km / 181 miles 🚗 🚶

Castello di Bardi, Bardi 🇮🇹

Castle Bardi overlooks the scenic Emilia-Romagna valley in northern Italy. This castle built in the 900s is one of Italy’s medieval treasures. It sits on a jutting outcrop of red jasper. Castle Bardi is known for its Romero and Juliet tragic love story. It is because of this tragedy that many feel the castle is haunted.

The gear

Camera:
Fujifilm X-T3

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filters:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4
NiSi True Color ND-VARIO Pro Nano 1-5 stops Variable ND

Film simulation recipe:
Ektachrome E100GX

The pictures

Parked for the night 🇮🇹

The gear

Cameras:
Fujifilm X-T3 ¹
Google Pixel 6 Pro ²

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR ¹

Camera lens filters:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4 ¹
NiSi True Color ND-VARIO Pro Nano 1-5 stops Variable ND ¹

Film simulation recipe:
Ektachrome E100GX ¹

The pictures

August 12, 2022 (day 10 of 24)

In the spotlight

242 km / 150 miles 🚗 🚶

Castello dei Conti Guidi, Poppi 🇮🇹

The majestic Conti Guidi Castle, a handsome 13th century architecture equipped with a lascivious female ghost, the passionate Matelda. She was the young and unfaithful wife of the Count Guidi, who seduced and killed hundreds of local youngsters. After one too many disappearances, she was locked in a tower and left there to starve to death.

The gear

The pictures

Parked for the night 🇮🇹

The gear

The pictures

August 6, 2022 (day 4 of 24)

In the spotlight

167 km / 104 miles 🚗 🚶

Château de Chevreaux, Chevreaux 🇫🇷

The Château de Chevreaux is a ruined castle in the commune of Chevreaux in the Jura département of France. At an altitude of 473 m, the castle dominates the Bresse plain.

The gear

The pictures

Parked for the night 🇫🇷

Camera:
Google Pixel 6 Pro

The pictures

August 4, 2022 (day 2 of 24)

In the spotlight

282 km / 175 miles 🚗 🚶

Fosse Dionne, Tonnerre 🇫🇷

The Fosse Dionne is a karst spring, in Tonnerre in the Yonne department of France. It is fed by the rainwater on the surrounding hills as well by at least one subterranean river. The Fosse Dionne is remarkable because of its average daily outflow of 311 litres per second. It is likely that the spring was the reason for the siting of the village. An elaborate lavoir was built around the spring in the 18th century.

The gear

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Parked for the night 🇫🇷

The gear

The pictures

August 7, 2021 (day 9 of 19)

In the spotlight

595 km / 370 miles 🚗 🚢 🚶

On the road & water 🇳🇴

The gear

Cameras:
Fujifilm X-T3
Xiaomi Mi 10

Camera lens:
Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4 R OIS WR

Camera lens filter:
Tiffen Black Pro-Mist Filter 1/4

Film simulation recipe:
Kodachrome 64

The pictures

Batterie Dietl, Engeløya 🇳🇴

One of Europe’s largest coastal fortifications from the Second World War. Three of the world’s largest guns were here firing shells with a diameter of 40.6 cm/16 inches.

The fortifications guarded the entrance to Vestfjorden and the important route to Narvik, from where iron ore from Sweden was shipped to the German arms industry.