Caption

Mural painting by the writer Carlo Levi in ??Aliano. He described in his book Christ stopped at Eboli this very poor village in the 1930s. The book became a bestseller and was filmed. Aliano, Matera District, Basilicata, Italy, Southern Europe, Europe

Date

May 08, 2019

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Alf Jönsson

Reference

BRK25B20_265

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68,7Mb (5,6Mb) / 20,0in x 13,3in / 6000 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

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