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Turkey Valley in Cappadocia

Key information: Cappadocia
This region is famous for the
odd formations of it's
surreal landscape - weird
spires and mushrooms, the
result of the erosion of the
soft volcanic rock which
covers the area. Troglodyte
dwellings are common,
with entire cities consisting
of houses and churches
carved from the rock.

Baglidere Valley
The valley Baglidere, taking
its name from the stream
passing through, is a
beautiful trekking route of
4100m lenght. Towards the
end of the valley, there is an
area where the fairy
chimneys are intensive and
magnificent. This area is
really attractive. This part of
the valley is called by the
locals “Love valley”
because of the shapes of
the fairy chimneys.

Zemi Valley
The valley took its name from
Zemi Stream passing through and
it is 5600m long. The valley can
be walked through in 4 hours
easily. Along then Valley you will
see various fruit trees. Due to the
season, it is possible to find plum,
mulberry,cherry,pear,apricot and
berry.

Meskendir Valley
Meskendir valley, lays
down southwest
direction from
Ortahisar. You can
walk Meskendir Valley
with a comfortable
tempo in 3 hours.

Manastirlar Valley
It is one of the least known but
virgin and attractive trekking
racecourses of Cappadocia.
Manastırlar (Monastery) Valley, 22
Km far away from Ihlara Valley is
a small copy of Ihlara Valley.

Balkanderesi Valley
Although it used to be
one of the oldest and
well know trail of
Cappadocia ,around for
10 years there are no
groups visiting this Valley
for trekking.Especially
during summer ,because
of the bad smell the
valley is not preferred by
trekking groups.

Ihlara Valley Ihlara Valley near Mount
Hasan and Mount Melendiz
(two of the three volcanoes of
Cappadocia) is a canyon with
a depth of approximately
100m and was formed by the
Melendiz River thousands of
years ago.

Cappadocia Hiking Tours
Cappadocia is famous for
magnificent valleys and
unique formations shaped
by the eruptions of three
volcanoes; Mount Erciyes,
Mount Hasan and Mount
Melendiz .These valleys
were used to hide the first
churches of Cappadocia
carved into fairy chimneys
and caves.

The End
Presentation by: Wiktoria Steć , Wiktoria
Zajkowska
Pictures: website

MINERVINO DI LECCE
Our town

MINERVINO

MINERVINO
Minervino di Lecce is
situated in south Italy, in
Apulia, in a wonderful area
called Salento.
It has got 3000 inhabitants.
It is not far from the sea
which is limpid and
transparent.
Minervino is a place to be
visited because it’s a little
pot of art, history, culture,
myth and legend.

THE HISTORY
The name of Minervino derives from the goddess Minerva, maybe because there was a
templum near the town in ancient times. The area was already inhabitated in the Bronze Age.
The foundation seems to date back to the Greeks-Iapigi. People arrived in this village after the
destruction of the town by the Goths, Saracens, William the evil, Frederick and Manfredi.

THE CONVENT
It is dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padoua and it was built next to the
church in honour of the Saint , authorized by the Archibishop of Otranto
in the XVII Ceuntury, according to Franciscan building models. It has
got a big orchard , a ground floor and a first floor. Another interesting
element is the square cloister with lateral arches , in whose centre there
is a well. The interior consists of typical small rooms with a barrel vault
and corridors which are 1.80 metres wide.
THE CHURCH next to the convent is quite small as it was designed like
a small temple with a square plan consisting of a rectangular area and a
lateral aisle with adjoining chapels. The church and the convent were
restored and expanded in 1776. The elegant pictorial displays, the
painted frames and stucco which are in the library, in the refectory and
in numerous monastic cells date back to the same period.

Situated in the countryside surrounding our town , the Dolmen Li Scusi
is one of the most representative prehistoric monuments of Salento.
It is located in the Scusi land which means to hide, because the
dolmen was probably used as a hiding place. It was discovered by
Luigi Maggiulli in 1867. The megalith is made a up of a calcareus not
worked plate (3.80 x 2.50 metres), leaning on eight ortostates , one of
them is monolithic while the others are made up of piled stones.
The big plate has a hole with a diameter of 20 centimetres wide,
crossing it from one side to the other. The aim of this monument is not
certain, even if the most believable hypothesis is a funerary or a
worship function. Recently some scientists have said that a special
healthy energy comes from the ground. You can reach the dolmen
through Li Scusi Park, walking among secular olive trees, drystone
walls and countryside paths, immersed into the magical and
mysterious world of the megalithic civilization.

THE FAÇADE
The outside of the the church is very majestic, it is in the
renaissance style and the only baroque thing is the
beautiful rose window. There are leaves on the outside,
inside them there are some flowers, the angels heads and
around the window other leaves. Underneath there are 2
delicately carved columns at each side of the door.
Towards the top you can see some original masks. This is
the main entrance and as we go in, the first impression we
get is of how big it is. The people of Minervino finished
it in 1573 but at the beginning it was very small. It took
30 years to built it. The architect was Gabriele Riccardi
who also did the work in the cathedral in Lecce. On the
left is the old baptisimal font.

INSIDE
Into the vestry we can see the painting of the Pieta, painted by a famous
local artist, Montefusco in 1932. The expression of the Madonna is
very poignant and also the sadness on the faces of the angels. Into the
side chapel you can see another painting by Antonio Montefusco
done in 1959. It is the supper of Emmaus. This is the chapel dedicated
to Saint Rocco. Here in this chapel there is another painting by
Montefusco called the Madonna of Pompei. Another interesting
painting is that of the Crucifixion. Painted by someone local in the
16th century and is done in the fashion of the time with the skull of
Adam under Jesus. The apse was disigned by the architect Gabriele
Riccardi. Below there are columns with decorations all in Lecce stone.
On top you can see rectangle panels. Two of them are windows on the
outside. Above this you can see the rib vaulted ceiling. The most
important statue in the church is the Madonna of the Rosary and it
was done in about 1680 by the sculptor Placido Buffelli. You can
notice the beautiful flouwered clothes of the Madonna and child and
the oriental style shawl.

The church of Santa Croce is situated about 1 km from
town in the countryside. It dates back to the 13th
century. It presents a simple façade with hanging
arches; the portal and the window were restored in
the baroque period. The interior has a Latin cross
plan; there are numerous frescoes dating back to the
fourteenth century. Between the elegant baroque
altars there is a beautiful painting with the Madonna
and child.
In the past, in the surrounding area, the fair of Santa
Croce was held on the first Sunday of May.

On the 19th March in Minervino and other villages nearby, we celebrate
on old tradition, “The table of St Joseph. They offer meals to the Saint
as a vow or a request for grace.
People prepare the table for 3, 5 or 13 saints in the biggest
room of the house. Food includes “Massa”, home made pasta
with couliflowers ,chick peas, fish, lampasciuni and big round bread
with an orange or a fennel in the middle.
They don’t eat meat dishes because it is lent and there are no cheese dishes.

In our region, in Salento there is an old rite: the Tarantism . Many
years ago, according to popular beliefs, people were bitten by
Tarantula. So they used to go to a village, Galatina, protected by
Saint Paul, from June 28th to 30th to ask the Saint for grace and be
cured from the disease caused by the bite.
People exorcised their troubles, dancing in time with a neverending
music scanned by the tambourine. This dance which offers
emotions and feelings is called ‘pizzica’.
Every year, in Melpignano , a village near ours , there is an
important festival called FESTIVAL OF TARANTULA attracting a
lot of tourists from all over the world. International singers and
groups play old and modern music mixed together.

PALACES
In Minervino, there are some palaces belonging to noble families such as Palazzo Venturi
and Palazzo Scarciglia. Their portals are really interesting.

PALAZZO VENTURI
Palazzo Venturi is an old 16th building which
can be considered a real fortress. It is divided in
two floors , near the windows and the main door
there are some machicolations to defend the
building from the enemy attacks. On the ashlar
portal there is the coat of arms of the noble
family named Venturi. Now it has been restored
and has become a luxury hotel.

Best places to visit in
Warsaw
Miłosz Borówka

Royal Castle and
Castle Square (Zamek
Królewski i Plac Zamkowy)
Royal Castle is located in the Castel Square, was bulit in
XVI century for Sigismund III, who transferred the royal
residence of
the Polish monarchs from Cracow to Warsaw.
In 1944, after the collapse of the Warsaw Uprising,
Germans destroyed it. Reconstruction has been done in
years 1971-1984, making Royal Castel one of Warsaw's
most famous landmarks.

Old Town Market Place (Rynek
Starego Miasta)
It is the center and the oldest part of the Old Town. Major tourist
attraction with many restaurants, shops and beautiful buildings, in
which rich merchants used to live.

Royal Baths Park (Park Łazienkowski)
Designed in XVII century by Tylman van Gameren, transformed, in the XVIII
century, by King Stanisław August into a setting for palaces and villas. In
1918 opened as a public park.
The most notable places in park are Palace on the Isle and Theater on the
Isle.

Saxon Garden (Ogród Saski)
Park was opened to the public in 1727 as one of the first public
parks in the world.
Initially a French-style park, in the 19th century it was turned into a Englishstyle
park. Destroyed during and after the Warsaw Uprising, it was partly
reconstructed after World War II.

Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac
kultury i Nauki)
The tallest bulding in Poland (237m) was bulit in 1955 as a gift form the
Soviet Union to the pepole of Poland. Palac have a cinema with eight
screens, four theaters, two museums, offices and large swimming pool.

Warsaw Zoological Garden (Miejski
Ogród Zoologiczny w Warszawie)
Zoo was opened in 1928 and had few animals like lions, tigers
and elephant.
Many animals were kiled by Germans in 1939 who took most of
the valuble animal species to Germany, while others were shot.
Zoo was reopened in 1949 and now it have 4203 animals.

Wilanów Palace (Pałac w
Wilanowie)
Was bulit for Jan III Sobieski in 1696. It survived Poladns's
partitions and both World Wars, what makes it one of the most
important Polish monuments. It has musem and beautiful Frenchstyle
garden.

Beautiful
places in
Romania

There are many monasteries in Romania,
which are included in UNESCO patrimony
The relief ranges from fields to hills and
from mountains to seaside
There are also beautiful towns

Alba Iulia(town and
fortress)

Sibiu (town centre)

Transfagarasan( road that
crosses the mountains)

Rachitele waterfall

Curtea de Arges Monastery

Curtea de Arges Monastery

A cup house in Horezu

Oasa Lake in the
mountains

Hunedoara Castle

Details of the castle

A sculpture in the stone
Decebal’s face

Danube river

Mountain landscape

Mall in Craiova town

Church in Craiova

Graffitti in
Craiova

A tower in Targoviste

Neamt Monastery

Agapia Monastery

Belis Lake

Black Church in Brasov

Bran Castle

Moldovita Monastery

The Black Sea

Putna Monastery

Sucevita Monastery

Voronet Monastery

These were pictures I took during my
travels.
I hope you enjoyed them!