Today we rode a shuttle van to Alberobello, aUNesco World heritage site because of it's many loose stone cylinder buildings with cone shaped tops some having mysteries chalk marks to "ward off evil or to bless the house. Our tour guide was a young California woman who had fallen in love and stayed here. She said the original trullis were built by Turks trying to avoid paying taxes assessed based on roofs. The could remove a stone and collapse the roof. Later used for storage the are now used again as housing. She arranged for us to visit one such property in the town. Many are also used as gift shops in the popular tourist town. We saw many more trullis as we pedaled 24 miles through the countryside.
No comments:
Post a Comment