Genzano di Lucania 37

Genzano di Lucania

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Article of Genzano di Lucania
This is one of the main street of Genzano di Lucania, which is the town I came from. In this photo this street called Corso there are no people, because it is a hot day and early afternoon. But at the right time it is full of people strolling up and down, and chatting.   
Article of Genzano di Lucania Dear readers, you see, I was born and grown in this town of Genzano di Lucania, so, I am going to write about it, and you are invited to read my memories of my home town;
So, let me welcome again all those who would like to read these articles of my native town, which is only a normal small town in Italy Southern regions, perhaps some readers that have come from this same town would like to read them just to remember the town that they came from, others would read them just because it is a new article and are curious of its content, whatever is their interest, let us hope that it is interesting enough for them to read it.
Now, allow me to explain the situation to our readers here, since I am an Italian born and grew in this town of Genzano di Lucania, I suppose that most of my town people would have liked to see this article written in Italian, since they are the people that would like to know about this town; but that has not been possible to do for a couple of reasons, first of all because our computer programs are in English and therefore it would be hard to write in another language other than English, because the computer will mark those writing as being wrong, the other reason is that the English language has a very large audience and also there are a lot of migrated Italians that speak English now; you see, this article is aimed mainly to the migrated Italians that are interested in their town of origin; so, I am saying sorry to our Italian friends, I am sorry that my hub pages are written in English, but it is easier for me as I happen to be in Australia, however I am also writing a blog in blogger about Genzano and this is the link; http://genzanoit.blogspot.com, you can visit it and there is a lot more about this Genzano town written in that blog, there are also a few pages written in Italian, in the page section and links that would help see many other things about this town and its writes as well.
Now let me introduce myself again in this article, so that my countrymen could know who I am, my name is, Francesco Menchise and I was born and lived in Genzano di Lucania when I was young, So I would like to salute all those who remember me, since I remember most of you even today; greetings and all the best to you all my friends. I have to say that while I am writing this article I feel that I miss something and I wish I could see you all once again even if it is for a short while, you see even today after a very long time I feel somehow homesick, well not really homesick, but I would like to be back there once again, just to see the people that I know and what has happened since I left town.
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We hope that in this article we would be able to talk about all the interesting things that we know about Genzano di Lucania and for those that don't know where Genzano di Lucania is, you will find a Google map here under to help you find it; here-under is also my welcome text and a few links about Genzano and all you have to do is click on these links to see their content; and other things. We wish you that our areticle about Genzano brings to you joy and understanding and remembrance of Genzano di Lucania that is if you happen to come from this town and if you are not from this town just enjoy your reading anyhow and perhaps think about your own town of origin.
Here are some interesting links that I found on the Internet, they are about Genzano:
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Welcome to Genzano di Lucania
Genzano di Lucania
Dear readers I apologise for repeating many things again, but you see there are a few things that come up at different times and we are forced to start all over again.
Let me welcome you again to read about my native town, yes Genzano di Lucania, is my native town, because this is the town where I was born. So I hope that in this article I will be able to describe to you the best way possible my home town where I was born and where I lived when I was young, so that you would understand me better when I am talking about my home town, my life story and those events that were taking place in this town when I was young. So, I hope that I would be able to find some photos of my town on the Internet to show you as much as I can.
Let me explain, just to make it easy to see what this article is all about hereunder are some links, please point to the link and then click on the links as prompted by your computer.
Genzano di Lucania, Youtube link, I say it is an excellent video to start with.
For more information click on the links below:
Let us hope that these links work for our readers, anyhow there are other things that we want to show you here-under starting with Genzano’s soccer field.
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Genzano soccer field
As we all know, in Italy one of the main sports that everybody follows is what we call here soccer, so most town have their soccer field, also Genzano di Lucania has its own soccer field, which the inhabitant would be proud to show you; of course there are lot of other things to see in Genzano, but let us start to show you some photos; as we all know Italian people love soccer, so, Genzano as far as I remember has had a soccer team, and today they have a proper soccer field as well. We need to say here that when I was a teenager there was not a real soccer field yet, anyone that was interested in soccer had to wait after the wheat harvest to get the soccer field going for that season. After the wheat harvest in a field at the outskirt of the town they would flatten the ground level enough to play for that season. It was okay then just the same, because in Southern Italy in summer is usually very dry, so the soccer matches were on just the same, but there were times when a thunder storm would come and ruin the sporting event. I remember this because it happened to me when I was very young, we all had to run and find shelter wherever we could at the nearest houses in town, we got wet, but it was fun. This is how I remember these soccer matches and the old soccer fields. I suppose today they have got better things, but it has been a long time since I visited them last time.
Old Genzano photos
Now, in this section let me show you an aerial photos of the oldest part of Genzano town: This first photo here shows you the oldest part of Genzano, which is very ancient and there are a few stories how this town was started, so, we may have a couple of stories to tell how it came about; So, let me say this, in my later articles (hubs) there will be a story or two written how this town was started from people living nearby perhaps in caves or other make shift dwellings; today there are a few theories that have been written recently, from local writers and one of these writers in this link, Scrittori e poeti, this link is for those that can read Italian as they are written in Italian, if the link works click on the writer Ettore Lorito he has written a good and perhaps the real story about Genzano origin and why this town was called Genzano, so my own explanation here-under may or may not be correct, however it is just my point of view.
Anyhow one has to look at the history of the region to understand the way these old towns were built in the past, and from there just imagine the possibilities and write about them if you think you might be close to the truth. Now let me show you an aerial photos of the oldest part of Genzano town: This first photo here shows you the oldest part of Genzano, which is very ancient and there are a few stories how this town was started, so we may have a couple of stories to tell how it came about; So, let me say this, in my later hubs there will be a story or two written how this town was started from people living nearby perhaps in caves or other make shift dwellings, which is from what I know about the region and imagine that it could have happened.
Anyhow we were saying that one has to look at the history of the region to understand the way that these old towns were built in the past. See this link shown here; The town I came from, there are a few things and a few photos showing what we mean.
About Genzano and about me
Perhaps it would have been better if I had done this properly at the beginning of this article, but then I thought that I was talking about the town and not about myself, so I have left this other part for later; therefore, now let me introduce myself again who I am, since I have other things to tell you as well. My real name is Francesco Menchise born and grown in Genzano di Lucania and I migrated to Australia a very long time ago, but I have never forgotten my original home town of Genzano, therefore now as you can see I am writing my memories of my life and therefore also my home town. Now, since I am writing this article to talk about the town where I came from, I would appreciate very much if any of my countrymen (paesani Genzanesi) that come across this article would like to leave a comment, and also anyone with a family name Menchise I would appreciate if they leave a comment, since there are reasons to believe that all people in the world with their family name Menchise are originally from the town of Genzano di Lucania; so, come on let us hear from you all, I will appreciate it very much. I am sure that some of you who left Genzano old enough would remember things that happen in Genzano like this feast, (festa della Madonna) See photos.
In my life memories I will be writing several things about Genzano whenever the occasion arises, I would also be writing all those hearsay and stories that went around town while I lived in Genzano when I was young, perhaps what I am going to say here might very well surprise even a modern Genzanese person since thing have changed a lot in the last 50 years or so, therefore don’t be surprised if you learn something from me about my original home town of Genzano di Lucania in these articles.
Other stuff
We who migrated from our native home towns, we will always feel home sick sometimes, so we remember all those things that we have left behind, therefore In Genzano there are many good things including pretty girls, just look at this pretty face here:
As I have said above, I know I had to leave all those things behind when I migrated to Australia, but anyhow I still keep them in my mind as you can see.
Now that I have talked to you about my native town of Genzano, let me tell you a bit more about myself and what I am going to write in Hub Pages, you see I have already published a few articles, where I am writing about my memories and other things as well; you are all invited to check them out and here are the links, please click on the links below to view and read our (articles) hubs:

These are some of the articles that I have written and published in this domain called Hub Pages, but there is more that you will find if you continue to follow my writings.
Genzano twin town
My dearer readers and Genzanesi folks I have to say that while I was looking for Genzano di Lucania on the Internet, I have found on the Internet also Genzano di Roma, which is a larger town and seems to be important in art, so, I had some links to show you what happens in this artistic town of Genzano di Roma. But I am sorry to tell you that a while ago I found that the links are now broken. So, we cannot use them anymore. 

Anyhow I believe that I have said enough in this article, so see you in our next article, Genzano the Lucania history.

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