Lucero - An extraordinary historical document on the farms of agro Lucera: 160 pages, 215 photographs, 44 ancient buildings recensiti, tre sezioni per raccontare un mondo di cui è importante recuperare la memoria, per riflettere sulle origini e i valori della cultura contadina e aiutare un processo di recupero capace di integrare tradizione e innovazione. E’ questo l’obiettivo principale del secondo volume sulle masserie e le ville dell’agro di Lucera. Il libro è ormai quasi ultimato ed è pronto ad andare in stampa. L’autore è Peppino Tedeschi, cultore di storia locale e fotografo attento a immortalare i tratti più significativi e importanti del patrimonio urbanistico -architettonico e monumentale del territorio lucerino. Peppino Tedeschi, nato a Castelnuovo della Daunia nel 1937 e residente a Lucera dal 1942, è un autentico esperto del tema which since 1989 has dedicated a beautiful book illustrating the history and showing the beauty of 70 farms in the countryside of Lucera. Today, after 20 years from that first volume, the Germans appealed to the public institutions and private individuals to support his research by funding the printing and distribution of his latest work. What emerges from the pages of the new book is historically accurate and detailed account of a social network and economic system based on the farms. Those large agricultural units and housing were the pivot on which they extolled the concept of "community" and through which the campaigns were not synonymous with neglect and degradation but reflects the dynamism of a society changing fast. The farms were connected by a network of sheep tracks and tratturelli along which there were also some small structures that served as "rest" for travelers. Tedeschi's new book - which houses the interesting contributions of Urras Michele, Giuseppe Trincucci, Geppe Inserra and Dionisio Morley - an area dedicated specifically to this aspect also. Today, unfortunately, are a lot of the farms that lie completely abandoned and seem destined to become a pile of rubble. For this reason, and especially to try to prevent this immense wealth would disappear without a trace, the work of German Peppino is characterized as an important tool for enhancing the world rural and as a tool for reflection and study to turn the tide of indifference and neglect.
(the photo is of the first volume, published by the Germans in 1989)
