Genzano di Lucania
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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.
This article of Genzano di Lucania is also available in Hub Pages, featuring more photos
Article of Genzano di Lucania
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:
An old man story, Midway introduction life story, Our life observations, Wine making the old ways, Genzano Greek Chasm chapter, My farm life experience, 2, Genzano Greek chasm and Madonna story, My first farm life experience
Genzano Cavallina twilight, Genzano is the town I came from, Genzano di Lucania history, Strage in Genzano di Lucania
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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