In central Italy’s Umbria region, the small village of Castelluccio sits atop a hill overlooking a broad, flat basin surrounded by the Sibillini Mountains. In October 2016, a significant earthquake struck the area, badly damaging the village and roads—but farming still takes place in the Piano Grande below, where fields of lentils and poppies bloom every year, carpeting the landscape with a colorful quilt of blossoming flowers.
Colors Bloom Across the Great Plain of Castelluccio, Italy
- Alan Taylor
- July 11, 2018
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An aerial view of fields of flowers during the annual blossom in Castelluccio di Norcia near Perugia, Italy, on July 10, 2018 #
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A woman walks in the middle of flowers in bloom, including lentil fields and poppies, near Castelluccio on July 12, 2016 #
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The summer landscape in Monti Sibillini National Park in Castelluccio di Norcia #
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A tractor works in a field during the annual blossom in Castelluccio on July 10, 2018 #
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The annual blossoming in Castelluccio on July 7, 2014 #
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The annual blossom in Castelluccio on July 10, 2018 #
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The village of Castelluccio sits on a hill above the flowering landscape, in the highlands of the Sibillini Mountains, in central Italy, in the summer of 2018 #
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A man rides a horse in the middle of flowers in bloom near Castelluccio on July 12, 2016 #
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Flowers in bloom in Castelluccio on July 10, 2018 #
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A panoramic view of the hills near Castelluccio on July 9, 2017 #
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A flock of sheep grazes above Castelluccio on July 25, 2016 #
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A narrow ray of sunshine falls between clouds, illuminating blooming lentil fields and poppies near Castelluccio on July 5, 2018 #
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Stripes of light and color on the fields of the Piano Grande ("Great Plain") in Monti Sibillini National Park #
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A close-up view of a blossom near Castelluccio #
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A herd of cows grazes beyond the fields of Castelluccio #
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The early summer landscape in Monti Sibillini National Park in Castelluccio di Norcia #
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A woman looks at the flowers during the annual blossom in Castelluccio on July 10, 2018 #
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Poppies bloom at the foot of a hillside in Monti Sibillini National Park #
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This picture of Castelluccio village, taken on July 9, 2017, shows the extensive damage remaining after the earthquake in October 2016. #
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The annual blossoming in Castelluccio on July 7, 2014 #
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Multicolored meadows on the plains of Castelluccio during a summer day #
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