"Maria Dolens", the Rovereto's bell.

Dear friends, after two weeks spent in Trentino and Alto Adige ( one of the best mountain place in Italy, not only for mountain landscapes but also for history, art, culture and gastronomy…), I’m happy to return to you for sharing its images through my photos. During my travels, not only in Italy, I have always with me the guides of Touring Club (…the Italian Travellers Club, on e of the best in the world,…without nationalism!...), and, like usual, I have a big wonder in seeing like a small Italian region has a guide vast as another whole nation! I have the complete collection of Italy, Europe and of all Mediterranean countries: well, you must know that the books of Italy are most…solid than all that of the other books of the other nations put together. Believe me, my friends, I’m not a nationalist person, I love all our world and I think that we, Italian women and men, have the great charge to preserve and get better our treasures also for you, people lovers of beauty, art, culture and,…why not,…gastronomy!

But, unfortunately, it’s not easy!...Imagine, please, what can say,…to eat…lobster, caviar with champagne every day for a whole life!...I want say Italian people, unfortunately, has a terrible disease:…the “consuetude”… for art ,beauty, culture and history!...We are too much rich for knowing it!

My first image is an interpretation of mine of “Maria Dolens”, the biggest ringing bell in the world: it was built after the First World War with the bronze of the cannons of all the belligerent nations. There is no bell tower enough for it!...These are the bell’s dimension: height 3.36 m., diameter 3.21 m., weight 23.639 tonnes! It’s located on a vast terracing on the mountains of Rovereto, a small but very old and historical little town of the Trentino. The Rovereto’s monumental bell, tolls every evening at nightfall (…100 dongs…), in the hope that Man, in memory of the Fallen of every war and every nation in the world, may find the path that leads to Peace!...Ciaomau!

 

 

Ciao to all my friends! I'm returned:...please, read my...long (...too much

long? Ha,ha,ha!!!!) comment on my photo and, if you want, give your

comment, also to my words!...Ciaomau!

Nice composition and colours. I like the sharpness on the bell. Very good photo. Regards.

BENTORNATO MAU!!!!! Finalmente! Mi sei mancato molto!!! Splendida foto e bellissimo messaggio. A presto. Un abbraccio.

P.S. Ti do un voto di bentornato 7/7.

what nice shot Maurizio ..you absolutely turn to PN perfectly.. I am hope that your Trentino and Alto Adige travel over very well..and hope that you take lot of new BEAUTIFUL photos =)=)..i am waiting your new photos..Best regards from Cyprus NEZIF T.

Hi Maurizio....Fantastic light and very unusual subject theme....Good to have you back and happy you had a good holiday....Ciaomau!

 

and with a good shot, apart the cropping that, imho, should have more "severe" on the left. Ciao, Giuseppe

Very compliments! Si viene in Trentino e non si fa neanche uno squillo eh?! Questa me la lego al dito! ;-(

 

Bella la campana, avrei cercato di escludere il pezzetto di muro in alto a sinistra.

 

 

Ciao!

Raffaella

Bentornato viaggiatore! :-)

ahhaha no no quale duello...!

ora non vedo l'ora di vedere le foto del tuo nuovo viaggio!

di questa mi piace particolarmente la zona di completa ombra nera sotto, la rende molto particolare!

ciao alex

bentornatoMAUUUUUUUU

Non vorrei essere li' sotto quando suona! Elena

I am not so sure about the perspective chosen to show us the magnitude of this beautiful bell...Wellcome Maurizio! hope you have had good holidays with yours. Hugs...

Great work my friend. Perfect compositionn light, tones. Congratulations!

Interesting and unusual presentation of a bell. Great clarity, beautiful tones. I like how you reveal inner symbolism of a common object!

The clouds made the bell interesting fro me and the detailed architecture.

Very nicely composed, Maurizio! Best regards, Ruud.

Splendid idea!