The Town of Alberobello, in Italy’s boot-heel region of Puglia, is home to an urban concentration of unique and very well preserved buildings called the Trullo (singular form of trulli). We will explore this vernacular building typology in the various forms that only exist there.
The trullo is a single-story dwelling, made of layers of dry, roughly worked limestone gathered from neighbouring fields, with a cone-shaped roof built up of corbelled limestone slabs. The oldest trulli date from the 16th century and about 1,600 of these structures remain in the town today. The trulli of Alberobello were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1996.
We will visit the Museo del Territorio di Alberobello, including Olive Oil Museum and the outstanding Trullo Sovrano. Abandoned trulli dot the fields of the surrounding area called the Valle d’Itria. They mostly house souvenir shops, like the Alberobello in Minitura Shop, restaurants, and guest houses to support the tourism industry which has exploded in recent years thanks to the growing interest in the trulli.
Walking the streets of Alberobello you will experience the scale and material of the trulli in a way you cannot by entering the other buildings.
Buildings you'll visit
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Tuesday to Sunday
3 hours
English
Max 10 / Min 2