Castello Aragonese - Ischia

The castle looks wonderful.

un aspetto notturno di Ischia che non ricordavo. Molto suggestivo.

thank-you for telling the history of this magnificent building. you've captured it beautifully

Nicely captured Rita! Good eye! Regards, Doug.

This is an ancient castle in Ischia, one of the island in the gulf of

Naples. The first fortress was built in 474 BC by the Greek-Syracusan,

Gerone I, who had arrived to help the Cumaeans in the war against the

Tyrrhenians. Amongst other buildings, tall towers were erected so as to

observe the movement of enemy ships. When the war was over Gerone

maintained possession of the island, which was later occupied by the

Parthenopeans.In 326 BC the island was conquered by the Romans and

then again by the Parthenopeans. The plundering and the many long

periods of domination by the Visigoths, the Vandals, the Ostrogoths,

the Arabs, the Normans, the Swabians, and the Angevins completely

transformed Gerone's fortress.In 1301 the last eruption of Mount

Epomeo destroyed the city of Geronda, which used to be where the

pine forest now grows: and the people took refuge on the small island.

In 1441 Alphonso ofAragon rebuilt the old Angevin Castle, he joined the

tiny island to the larger one by building an artificial bridge and

constructed strong walls and fortifications. Inside these walls, nearly all

the inhabitants of Ischia found refuge, and also protection from

incursions by pirates.Towards the beginning of the 18th century the

fortress gave hospitality to 1892 families and also to the Convent of the

Clarisse, the Abbey of the Greek Basiliani, the Bishop, the Chapter and

the seminary, and also to the prince with his garrison. There were 13

churches and of these 7 were parishes. In about 1750, when the danger

from pirates was over, people started to look for more comfortable living

accommodation in the various Municipalities of the island of Ischia.

In 1809 the English besieged the island, at the time under French rule,

and shelled it until it was nearly totally destroyed. In 1823 the King of

Naples got rid of the remaining 30 inhabitants and reduced the Castle to

a place of detention. In 1851 the King reserved the Castle as a political

prison and later still it became a place of confinement.Thanks for

viewing.

Immagine davvero piacevole, insolita,originale...mi piace molto! Salutoni

Foto di difficile esposizione ma ben riuscita.6/6an

Rita, This is nice, I really like the compositional elements...particularly the series of gates leading up to the castle and how the castle fades into the darkness at the top left of the frame. Shooting this at night definitely was a good choice...very dramatic and moody...just wish the lamps were not quite so hot. Nicely captured.

Thanks my friends, actually this shot was very hard for the exposure because the lamps on the bridge were too bright and the top of the castle was really dark, in fact with PS I worked a little bit on the lamps . Ciao.

Great job Rita!

Bonita toma nocturna. Saludos

Great nightshot-well composed! Regards! CL

Bel notturno con...festa paesana! Ciao Riti'!...Ciaomau!

Personally i have't tried it but i've heard that ND filters can help with this kind of bright light issues (And i mean now those "city lights :D", Also i believe if you go with a little bigger aperture reading (something like f8) it should also help a little on that burning issue. We seem to have a same camera which we use, which lense you used on this one? Thanks also for that history of this place.

A great image and I thank you for the history lesson.

A lovely scene with great info...Regards

Cara amica, colori fantastici e ottima composizione. Unas bellissima foto, come al solito. Dirmi, è questo preso con il vostro nuovo 1.2 obiettivo? (Grazie per la visita e i complimenti che mi ai fatto.) Un cordiale saluto, El

 

 

 

My dear friends thanks again for you attention this is how I took this photo : 100 iso - 8.0 sec. -f 4.5, the lens was Canon EF 18-55. See you soon.

Perfect a place and perfect a shot.. Very very good a work.. I like colors and composition.. Warm regards..

System not allow 7/7

Estupenda toma,magnifica composicion y exposicion,con una excelente luz y reflejos.

 

Saludos -Tolo.

Magical shot.

Half makes me want to be there and half makes me feel that I am there already.

 

beautiful scene with very good captured. excellent composition. regards.

I like this image very much and I prefer it over the other one that has a bit too much dark sky. You have done a great job with very tricky lighting.