Hello friends of this fantastic community! In today's post I want to introduce you to a region that has been dear to me for several summers and in my opinion is one of the most beautiful in Italy. It is called Puglia and I hope you enjoy discovering it with me!
Today I want to tell you about a specific town in Puglia: Alberobello. Surely many of you have already heard of this place, especially for its beautiful trulli. But there is much more to discover in this town full of history and tradition. I hope you enjoy getting to know it with me!
Trulli are limestone houses built in Alberobello, Apulia, Italy. They are examples of dry stone construction, an ancient technique that is still used today in this region. There are many rural trulli scattered around the Itria Valley, but there are many more in Alberobello, with more than 1,500 trulli in the districts of Monti and Aja Piccola. The trulli were used as temporary or permanent homes by small landowners or agricultural workers. They were built of roughly hewn limestone, gathered from fields or from excavations for underground cisterns or from surrounding rocks.
The trulli are rectangular in shape with a conical roof made of embedded stones. The white walls of the trulli are built directly on the limestone without using mortar or cement. There is a door and small windows in the walls with two layers. Inside there is a hearth and alcoves in the thick walls. The roof also has two layers: a cone-shaped inner one made of stones and a waterproof outer one made of limestone slabs called chianche or chiancarelle. There are often white inscriptions on the roofs with mythological or religious significance and there is a decorative pinnacle at the top to ward off bad things or bad luck.
We had a great aperitif in the streets of Alberobello after visiting many trulli. The town is really a must-see place, very typical and unique! Many trulli are open to the public and house small museums or shops selling souvenirs and local products.
Walking around Alberobello is a unique experience: the trulli are beautiful and remind one of a fairy-tale, enchanted world. I highly recommend visiting this place, dedicating at least a whole day to walking around the various trulli and having lunch in one of the many excellent restaurants in the area.
You can also get to Alberobello by train with the south-eastern railways from Bari, but trains are not very frequent and it takes a long time to get there.
If you like the south of Italy or travelling and appreciate architecture, I recommend visiting Alberobello. The town is famous for its trulli, limestone houses unique to this region. Alberobello is a quiet but not boring place, always bustling with tourists, events and many interesting initiatives. A place not to be missed is the Sanctuary of the Santi Medici, very impressive.
Thank you for reading this post and I hope you found it interesting I wanted to bring my experience to this place that deserves to be seen in life!!!