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Northern Italy

NYTMAG Sonic Voyages
NYTMAG Sonic Voyages
Episode • Sep 21, 2018 • 2m

Many of the mountain villages of northern Italy have teleferica systems to bring firewood and other supplies down from the mountaintops in containers. The wires that they travel on have a simple purpose — but put your ear to them, and you’ll hear something magical. Photograph by Awoiska van der Molen. Field recordings by Jez Riley French.

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