{"id":15233,"date":"2017-08-11T13:05:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T11:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=15233"},"modified":"2017-08-11T13:05:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T11:05:17","slug":"flowering-castelluccio-di-norcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/flowering-castelluccio-di-norcia\/","title":{"rendered":"After the earthquake the flowering of Castelluccio di Norcia is back"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Citizens and the farmers of Castelluccio di Norcia have tried to save their village: they have, in part, succeeded. Even this year, the lucky tourists could admire the incredible flourishing of lentils.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_15235\" class=\"thumbnail alignnone\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-15235\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/14705098943_54f0bb7695_h-870x490.jpg\" alt=\"After the earthquake the flowering of Castelluccio di Norcia is back\" width=\"870\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/14705098943_54f0bb7695_h-870x490.jpg 870w, https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/14705098943_54f0bb7695_h-570x320.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><div class=\"caption\">Photo by Franco Vannini via Flickr<\/div><\/div>\n<p>It all seemed lost after the October 30th <strong>earthquake<\/strong>. The roads were impractical, sowing seemed impossible. But the village\u00a0did not give up, and the famous <strong>Flowering<\/strong> of\u00a0<strong>Castelluccio<\/strong> <strong>di Norcia<\/strong> was back also\u00a0this year. So the production of lentils is saved as well as the magic <strong>landscape<\/strong> of its <strong>flowering<\/strong> which attracted 250,000 tourists each year. The village\u00a0is still almost completely destroyed, but who goes from there, now that one of the streets has been reopened, can see\u00a0among the rubble and the immense drama a force stronger than anything else, that of the people\u00a0that are trying their best to restore\u00a0a village of about a hundred inhabitants but of great <strong>historical<\/strong> and <strong>symbolic<\/strong> <strong>value<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15233 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/flowering-castelluccio-di-norcia\/9296982210_8e1f333b68_k\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/9296982210_8e1f333b68_k-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"After the earthquake the flowering of Castelluccio di Norcia is back\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15237\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15237'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto by Leonardo Angelini via Flickr \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/flowering-castelluccio-di-norcia\/28181839551_57943d4b63_k\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/28181839551_57943d4b63_k-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"After the earthquake the flowering of Castelluccio di Norcia is back\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15238\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15238'>\n\t\t\t\tBefore the earthquake. Photo by Franco Vannini via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/flowering-castelluccio-di-norcia\/14705120103_091c5b209f_h\/#main'><img width=\"270\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/08\/14705120103_091c5b209f_h-270x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"After the earthquake the flowering of Castelluccio di Norcia is back\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15236\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15236'>\n\t\t\t\tPhoto by Franco Vannini via Flickr\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>It is thanks to them, but also to the help of soldiers and farmers all over Italy, that the <strong>plain<\/strong> of Castelluccio di Norcia has given a landscape of truly indescribable <strong>colors<\/strong>, with tones ranging from yellow to red, with nuances of violet and blue. A truly <strong>enchanting natural spectacle<\/strong> that lasts several weeks, and this year we hope it is also the symbol of the <strong>regrowth<\/strong> of the entire village\u00a0of Castelluccio di Norcia, but also of the rest of the Italian territories affected by the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Cover photo\u00a0by Franco Vannini via Flickr<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>You might also like:<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/ethical-holiday-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ethical Holiday in Italy for a special summer<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/the-year-of-villages-in-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Year of Villages in Italy<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens and the farmers of Castelluccio di Norcia have tried to save their village: they have, in part, succeeded. Even this year, the lucky tourists could admire the incredible flourishing of lentils. It all seemed lost after the October 30th earthquake. The roads were impractical, sowing seemed impossible. But the village\u00a0did not give up, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":15234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[214],"tags":[2049,1931,364,209],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>After the earthquake the flowering of Castelluccio di Norcia is back - Ecobnb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The earthquake didn&#039;t stop the inhabitants and farmers of Castelluccio di Norcia who sowed the plain below the village. 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