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  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: Nicola Mirabella, owner of the Cantine dell'Averno and of the Mirabella vineyards, walks towards his vineyard by Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
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  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: Wine farmers discuss  during the harvest in the Mirabella vineyard on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    SMAS_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A wine farmer picks white Falanghina grapes in the Mirabella vineyard during the harvest on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    SMAS_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A wine farmer picks white Falanghina grapes in the Mirabella vineyard during the harvest on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A wine farmer picks white Falanghina grapes in the Mirabella vineyard during the harvest on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A wine farmer picks white Falanghina grapes in the Mirabella vineyard during the harvest on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A wine farmer picks white Falanghina grapes in the Mirabella vineyard during the harvest on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A wine farmer picks white Falanghina grapes in the Mirabella vineyard during the harvest on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A view of the Mirabella vineyard and of the greek temple of Apollo on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: a cabin is seen here in the Mirabella vineyard on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A view of the Mirabella vineyard on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A view of the Mirabella vineyard on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: White Falanghina grapes are seen here in the Mirabella vineyard on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    SMAS_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: Vine leaves are seen here in the Mirabella vineyard on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    SMAS_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A view of the Mirabella vineyard and of the greek temple of Apollo on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    SMAS_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A wine farmer transports white Falanghina grapes from the Mirabella vineyard to the Cantine dell'Averno winery, where they will be processed,  on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: White Falanghina grapes are seen here in baskets during the harvest in the Mirabella vineyard on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A wine farmer picks white Falanghina grapes in the Mirabella vineyard during the harvest on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A wine farmer picks white Falanghina grapes in the Mirabella vineyard during the harvest on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: White Falanghina grapes are seen here in baskets during the harvest in the Mirabella vineyard on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: White Falanghina grapes are seen here in the Mirabella vineyard on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A wine farmer picks white Falanghina grapes in the Mirabella vineyard on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A view of the Mirabella vineyard and of the greek temple of Apollo on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: Nicola Mirabella (left), owner of the Cantine dell'Averno and of the Mirabella vineyards, is seen here during the harvest on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    SMAS_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A view of Lake Averno and of the Mirabella vineyards (left) in Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A wine farmer pours white Falanghina grapes in the destemmer, here at Cantine dell'Averno, a winery and agriturismo on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: Bottles of red Piedirosso and white Falanghina produced by Cantine dell'Averno, a winery and agriturismo on Lake Averno, are seen here in Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: The cellar of Cantine dell'Averno, a winery and agriturismo on Lake Averno, is seen here in Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: The cellar of Cantine dell'Averno, a winery and agriturismo on Lake Averno, is seen here in Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A winemaker is seen here at work in his vineyard in a terracing in Manarola, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
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  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, walks through a vineyard in a terracing here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
She wants to show younger generations the backbone of the Cinque Terre landscape, and teach them why it’s crucial to maintain their dry stone walls, dovetailed to hold the soil behind and above.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_73...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A wine farmer pours white Falanghina grapes in the destemmer, here at Cantine dell'Averno, a winery and agriturismo on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • POZZUOLI, ITALY - 9 OCTOBER 2019: A view of Lake Averno from the greek temple of Apollo on Lake Averno, Pozzuoli, Italy, on October 9th 2019.<br />
<br />
The lake of Averno in Pozzuoli is one of the five lakes of the Phlegraean area. It was formed 4000 years ago in one of the craters of the many extinct volcanoes of which this marvelous territory to the north of Naples is scattered.<br />
<br />
Le Cantine dell’Averno is a winery and agriturismo right inside the crater of the volcano, with the vineyards surrounding the Greek temple of Apollo. The historic Mirabella Vineyard covers an area of four hectares, where vines are cultivated on terraces, to make the most of the natural inclination of the volcano. The wines produced here are the Falanghina (white) and the Piedirosso (red).
    CIPG_20191009_CULBACK_CantineAverno_...jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Gianvito Rizzo (53), inventor of the sommelier courses at Lecce prison and chief executive officer at the Feudi di Guagnano, the wine cellar that offered their wines for the classes, checks the vineyard of San Gaetano Thiene, a district of Guagnano near Lecce where the Negramaro wine is produced, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5404.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Gianvito Rizzo (53), inventor of the sommelier courses at Lecce prison and chief executive officer at the Feudi di Guagnano, the wine cellar that offered their wines for the classes, poses for a portrait in the vineyard of Camarda of the wine house Feudi di San Guaganano, where the wine "Le Camarde" is produced, in Guagnano near Lecce, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5520.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Grapes of the vineyard of Camarda of the wine house Feudi di San Guaganano, where the wine "Le Camarde" is produced, is seen here in Guagnano near Lecce, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5510.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Gianvito Rizzo (53), inventor of the sommelier courses at Lecce prison and chief executive officer at the Feudi di Guagnano, the wine cellar that offered their wines for the classes, walks in the vineyard of Leonardo di Prato of the wine house Feudi di San Guaganano, where the Negramaro wine is produced, in Guagnano near Lecce, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5489.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Gianvito Rizzo (53), inventor of the sommelier courses at Lecce prison and chief executive officer at the Feudi di Guagnano, the wine cellar that offered their wines for the classes, walks in the vineyard of Leonardo di Prato of the wine house Feudi di San Guaganano, where the Negramaro wine is produced, in Guagnano near Lecce, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5478.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Gianvito Rizzo (53), inventor of the sommelier courses at Lecce prison and chief executive officer at the Feudi di Guagnano, the wine cellar that offered their wines for the classes, walks in the vineyard of Leonardo di Prato of the wine house Feudi di San Guaganano, where the Negramaro wine is produced, in Guagnano near Lecce, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5472.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Gianvito Rizzo (53), inventor of the sommelier courses at Lecce prison and chief executive officer at the Feudi di Guagnano, the wine cellar that offered their wines for the classes, poses for a portrait in the vineyard of Leonardo di Prato of the wine house Feudi di San Guaganano, where the Negramaro wine is produced, in Guagnano near Lecce, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5446.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Gianvito Rizzo (53), inventor of the sommelier courses at Lecce prison and chief executive officer at the Feudi di Guagnano, the wine cellar that offered their wines for the classes, poses for a portrait in the vineyard of Leonardo di Prato of the wine house Feudi di San Guaganano, where the Negramaro wine is produced, in Guagnano near Lecce, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5444.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Gianvito Rizzo (53), inventor of the sommelier courses at Lecce prison and chief executive officer at the Feudi di Guagnano, the wine cellar that offered their wines for the classes, poses for a portrait in the vineyard of Leonardo di Prato of the wine house Feudi di San Guaganano, where the Negramaro wine is produced, in Guagnano near Lecce, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5440.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Gianvito Rizzo (53), inventor of the sommelier courses at Lecce prison and chief executive officer at the Feudi di Guagnano, the wine cellar that offered their wines for the classes, poses for a portrait in the vineyard of San Gaetano Thiene, a district of Guagnano near Lecce where the Negramaro wine is produced, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5401.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: A vineyard of the wine house Feudi di San Guagnano, where the Negramaro wine is produced, is seen here in San Gaetano Thiene, a district of Guagnano near Lecce, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5359.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Gianvito Rizzo (53), inventor of the sommelier courses at Lecce prison and chief executive officer at the Feudi di Guagnano, the wine cellar that offered their wines for the classes, walks in the vineyard of Camarda of the wine house Feudi di San Guaganano, where the wine "Le Camarde" is produced, in Guagnano near Lecce, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5502.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Gianvito Rizzo (53), inventor of the sommelier courses at Lecce prison and chief executive officer at the Feudi di Guagnano, the wine cellar that offered their wines for the classes, poses for a portrait in the vineyard of San Gaetano Thiene, a district of Guagnano near Lecce where the Negramaro wine is produced, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5419.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: A manor farm next to the vineyard of the wine house Feudi di San Guagnano, where the Negramaro wine is produced, is seen here in San Gaetano Thiene, a district of Guagnano near Lecce, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5369.jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Vittorio Ermirio (left), a former swimming champion and Margherita’s father, addresses students in his 250 square meters of pergola vineyards where he makes his Ligurian white wine, in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_74...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A view of the dry stone walls and terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves that horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_74...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, poses for a portrait in Manarola, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_75...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, poses for a portrait in Manarola, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_75...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, touches a non-dry stone wall (cement has been used here) to show a class of high-school students the difference with dry stone walls, here in Manarola, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_75...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A hill with terracing and dry stone walls is seen here in Vernazza, a village of the Cinque Terre, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_74...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class climbs up the steep<br />
slope during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_73...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class is here during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_72...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class is here during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_72...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017:  A view of Vernazza, one of the five villages of the Cinque Terra - a rugged portion of the Italian Riviera in the Liguria region - is seen here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_72...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class takes measures during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_71...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Margherita Ermirio (32), a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, is seen here by a hill with terracings in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_70...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A view of the Ligurian coastline with its dry stone walls and terracings is seen here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_70...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: The doorphone of Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, is seen here at the entrance of his home in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_69...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A photo album with pictures of stone walls and farmers ranging from the 50s to the 70s is seen here in Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_69...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), poses for a portrait here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_68...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Farming tools used in the Cinque Terre are seen here in Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. <br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_67...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), looks through the window here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_66...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Tools to build dry stone walls are seen here in Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. <br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_66...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), looks through the window here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_66...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, poses for a portrait in Manarola, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_75...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A view of Manarola, one of the five villages of the Cinque Terra - a rugged portion of the Italian Riviera in the Liguria region - is seen here in Manarola, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_75...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Hills with dry stone walls and terracings are seen here in Manarola, a village of the Cinque Terre, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_75...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A dry stone wall restored by Margherita Ermirio, a 32 years old local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, is seen in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
She wants to show younger generations the backbone of the Cinque Terre landscape, and teach them why it’s crucial to maintain their dry stone walls, dovetailed to hold the soil behind and above.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_74...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class is here during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_72...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class is here during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_72...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A dry stone wall restored by Margherita Ermirio, a 32 years old local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, is seen in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
She wants to show younger generations the backbone of the Cinque Terre landscape, and teach them why it’s crucial to maintain their dry stone walls, dovetailed to hold the soil behind and above.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_71...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class is here during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_71...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A dry stone wall restored by Margherita Ermirio, a 32 years old local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, is seen in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
She wants to show younger generations the backbone of the Cinque Terre landscape, and teach them why it’s crucial to maintain their dry stone walls, dovetailed to hold the soil behind and above.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_71...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A measuring tape used by a high-school class to measure dry stone walls during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, is seen here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_71...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A high-school class takes measures during a field trip with Margherita Ermirio, part of a UNESCO Youth program to enhance the relationship between the young and their territory, here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017. This class has been studying terracing in the Cinque Terre from an historical point of view, comparing the 18th century maps with Google earth’s most recent pictures. From the measures taken during the field trip, students will make a 3D design of the area.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_71...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: Margherita Ermirio, 32, a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, is seen here in front of a hill with dry stone walls and terracings she has worked on, in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
She wants to show younger generations the backbone of the Cinque Terre landscape, and teach them why it’s crucial to maintain their dry stone walls, dovetailed to hold the soil behind and above.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_70...jpg
  • VERNAZZA, ITALY - 1 JUNE 2017: A view of the 2012 flood that hit the Cinque Terra - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
villages' main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives -is seen here in Vernazza, Italy, on June 1st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170601_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_70...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A view of Manarola, one of the five villages of the Cinque Terra - a rugged portion of the Italian Riviera in the Liguria region - is seen here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_70...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A hill with terracing and dry stone walls is seen here in Manarola, a village of the Cinque Terre, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_69...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A collections of painting of the Holy Mary are seen here in Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_69...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A photo album with a 1960s picture of stonewalls and terracing of the Cinque Terre is seen here in Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_69...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A photo album with 1950s pictures of Andrea Corvaro's mother (left), one of the few women who had mastered the art of dry stone walls, and of other stone walls and farmers (right) are seen here in Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_69...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), poses for a portrait here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_68...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), poses for a portrait here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_68...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A collcetion of tradiional Ligurian daily life items is seen here in Anselmo Crovara's  Memory Archive, housed in his own attic in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_68...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: A collcetion of tradiional Ligurian daily life items is seen here in Anselmo Crovara's  Memory Archive, housed in his own attic in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_67...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), looks at fragments of terracotta he collected in his Memory Archive here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_67...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: (R-L) Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), and Margherita Ermirio (32), a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, are seen here in Mr Crovara's Memory Archive in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_67...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Farming tools used in the Cinque Terre are seen here in Anselmo Crovara's Memory Archive, housed in his own attic, which hosts a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life, in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. <br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_66...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), walks up towards his attic in his home here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_66...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), flips through newpaper clippings of the Cinque Terre, in his home here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_65...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), shows 1970s pictures of his mother who was one of the few women who had mastered the art of dry stone walls, here in his home in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017. Mr Crovara learned to build dry stone walls when he was a little boy.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_65...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: (L-R) Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), and Margherita Ermirio (32), a local who has spent years abroad and is now the pillar of the battle to restore dry stone walls and preserve the terracing, look at a photo album with pictures of stone walls and farmers ranging from the 50s to the 70s, in Mr Crovara's home in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_65...jpg
  • MANAROLA, ITALY - 31 MAY 2017: Anselmo Crovara (82), the creator and custodian of the Memory Archive housed in his own attic (a collection of items from traditional Ligurian daily life), shows a 1970s picture of a handrwitten warning stating "Dry stone walls. Danger of fall. Do not stand by", here in Manarola, Italy, on May 31st 2017.<br />
<br />
Given its jagged coastline and manifold mountainous chains, Italy is believed to hold a record in Europe with an estimated 300,000 hectares of terracing, and 170,000 kilometers of dry stone walls— 20 times the length of the Great Wall of China.<br />
Liguria, the narrow half-moon shaped region along the northern<br />
Thyrrenian sea, has the highest concentration, and terracing is in<br />
poor shape there. In Vernazza, almost half of the terracing is in<br />
ruins.<br />
<br />
Terraced vineyards, apple and lemon groves horizontally run around the green slopes of the Cinque Terre. The stone walls have allowed such vital cultivation in the area and prevented land slides. Since the 1960s, the ancient walls have been largely<br />
abandoned, posing hydro-geological threats to the same villages during<br />
heavy rains and, in general, as time passes.<br />
<br />
Since the 2012 flood - when tons of mud invaded the<br />
village’s main road, shops and and homes, isolating the area and<br />
taking three lives - Margherita Ermirio has agreed with the various land lords to take<br />
over 6,000 square meters of land parcels that needed to be cleaned up,<br />
in order to fix them and thus prevent land slides, but also to show to<br />
the younger generations that agriculture is still possible in the<br />
Cinque Terre.
    CIPG_20170531_NYT_CinqueTerre__M3_65...jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Wine barrels are seen here in the wine house Feudi di San Guaganano, which offers its wines for the sommelier classes in the penitentiary of Lecce, in Guagnano, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5555.jpg
  • GUAGNANO, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Wine barrels are seen here in the wine house Feudi di San Guaganano, which offers its wines for the sommelier classes in the penitentiary of Lecce, in Guagnano, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of ten high-security female inmates and aspiring sommeliers , some of which are married to mafia mobsters or have been convicted for criminal association (crimes carrying up to to decades of jail time), are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161111_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5553.jpg
  • LECCE, ITALY - 10 NOVEMBER 2016: Roberto Giannone, a trained sommelier and volunteer to lecture to female inmates on the arts and crafts of wine tasting and serving, poses for a portrait along the internal path of the largest penitentiary in the southern Italian region of Apulia, holding 1,004 inmates in the outskirts of Lecce, Italy, on November 10th 2016.<br />
<br />
Here a group of high-security inmates and aspiring sommeliers are taking a course of eight lessons to learn how to taste, choose and serve local wines.<br />
<br />
The classes are part of a wide-ranging educational program to teach inmates new professional skills, as well as help them develop a bond with the region they live in.<br />
<br />
Since the 1970s, Italian norms have been providing for reeducation and a personalized approach to detention. However, the lack of funds to rehabilitate inmates, alongside the chronic overcrowding of Italian prisons, have created a reality of thousands of incarcerated men and women with little to do all day long. Especially those with a serious criminal record, experts said, need dedicated therapy and professionals who can help them.
    CIPG_20161110_NYT-Sommelier_5M3_5346.jpg
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