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The trulli (from the late Greek τρούλος, meaning dome) are antique constructions in dry stone wall, conical, of proto-historic typical and exclusive to centre-southern Puglia. Notwithstanding in the areas where trulli were developed, archaeological findings of a prehistoric period have been discovered, or barn foundations in stone going back to the Bronze Age, there are no particularly old trulli. This would be justified by the fact that rather than repair a trullo in case of earth settling, it was preferable to knock it down and re-build it for economic reasons, re-using the materials.
The oldest trulli where traces remain today were built in the 16th century, behind the Murgia plateau of Puglia.
The Trulli of Alberobello have been declared a world heritage site by UNESCO.
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The Murgia plateau, for its own geo-lithological nature of essentially limestone consistency, has provided long ago ingenious builders with the possibility of designing and hand down these constructions to us today. |
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The territory where there are the most Trulli is geographically identified as the Valle d'Itria, where treasures called casiedde (from the Latin pigeonhole, hut, barn) are found. Here is where the city Alberobello (BA), having an internal quarter coinciding with the city’s historic centre entirely built up of these structures, represents in fact the “Trulli Capital”. Other areas with these particularly diffused structures are the rural areas and/or the outskirts of the neighbouring towns of Locorotondo, Castellana Grotte, Noci, Putignano and Monopoli in the Province of Bari, Martina Franca in the Province of Taranto; Cisternino, Villa Castelli, Ostuni, Fasano, Ceglie Messapica and Francavilla Fontana in the Province of Brindisi, making up the so-called Murgia dei Trulli, or rather a homogenous territory for its diffusion of trulli, its sparse population and its powdery soil. |
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Similar structures are also found in the coastal area of the Murgia plateau of Puglia, starting from the lands of Monopoli and Polignano a Mare up to around Barletta to penetrate the surrounding hinterlands of the Municipalities of northwest Murgia (Bari).
Even in the area north of Bari, in northwest Murgia, numerous trullo structures can be found. Other types of trulli, also called "pajare", are quite widespread in the territories of Lizzano, Torricella and Sava.
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The "Gente di Mare" real estate agency handles the purchase and sale of properties located both in the Pugliese territory and in all Italy: Ostuni, Carovigno, Cisternino, Alberobello, Locorotondo, Martina Franca, Ceglie Messapica, Monopoli, Fasano, Brindisi, Taranto, Lecce, Capri, Toscana. |
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