Peculiar Puglia

Cyclefrance · 07-23-2007, 02:21 PM

So what do these trulli things like. well a lot of them are in a state of ruin...

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Cyclefrance · 07-23-2007, 02:23 PM

Hmm, I can guess what you're thinking - not exactly inviting - but then Brits get hold of them and turn them into places like these:

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Cyclefrance · 07-23-2007, 02:27 PM

That's the one we stayed in - amazing restoration.

Trullis are dotted everywhere around the region, many having just one cone (originally used as farmers' and landworkers' store houses and refuges) with grander ones having 6, 7 or even 10 cones.

Alberobello is literally awash with them. Here's a couple of photos - Mrs CF of course insisted on being included...

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Cyclefrance · 07-23-2007, 02:29 PM

They've even constructed a model of the most intensely trulli-ed area of the town.

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Cyclefrance · 07-23-2007, 02:40 PM

Lots more photos and details available through the following links

Trulli pictures

Trulli construction

07-23-2007, 02:21 PM	#1
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	So what do these trulli things like. well a lot of them are in a state of ruin... . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

07-23-2007, 02:23 PM	#2
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Hmm, I can guess what you're thinking - not exactly inviting - but then Brits get hold of them and turn them into places like these: . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

07-23-2007, 02:27 PM	#3
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	That's the one we stayed in - amazing restoration. Trullis are dotted everywhere around the region, many having just one cone (originally used as farmers' and landworkers' store houses and refuges) with grander ones having 6, 7 or even 10 cones. Alberobello is literally awash with them. Here's a couple of photos - Mrs CF of course insisted on being included... . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

07-23-2007, 02:29 PM	#4
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	They've even constructed a model of the most intensely trulli-ed area of the town. . Attached Images __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

07-23-2007, 02:40 PM	#5
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Lots more photos and details available through the following links Trulli pictures Trulli construction __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

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