Its lights glistening in the pre-dawn light, the ancient village of Apricale sits high above a valley in the remote Italian Maritime Alps.
Its gleaming white walls rising above the surrounding landscape of olive orchards, Castel del Monte is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated in Andria in the Apulia (Puglia) region of southeast Italy. It was constructed during the 1240s by the Emperor Frederick II.
The late afternoon sun strikes the hilltop town of Ostuni in the southern Italian province of Brindisi, in the region of Puglia. The area around Ostuni is very historic and has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Prints are available, for details please click the Purchase link above.