o0I choose to stay in the small town of Alberobello because it is a UNESCO World Heritage site. I saw some information about it in an educational movie for school children on food in Italy. The valley near the town of Alberobello is famous for the style of houses–anciently built ones and their modern versions. The houses are called trulli (plural).
The trullo we rented, with scenes from the yard:
The inside of our trullo. (The one we rented is a larger and much more modern version of the ancient stone houses that were built several hundred years ago.)
During the late afternoon on our first day in Alberobello, we took a walk down the roads around our trullo and saw many beautiful fields, stone fences, spring blossoms, and many trulli.
And here is the birthday girl on that walk:
Finally, a couple of close-up pictures of the construction of the trulli. (We were told at church on Sunday that they designed the house so that a rope attached to one certain stone in the roof would pull the entire roof down. The roof was destroyed to avoid paying taxes on a house…if there was no roof, there was no house and no taxes were due.) The group of trulli belong to our “neighbors” across the street. It seemed deserted on the first day, but filled up with people for the Easter holiday.
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