ALBEROBELLO
Having enjoyed Ostuni we decided to hire a car the next day with the intention of visiting more of the interior towns. The most famous and definitely the most eccentric was Alberobello, it’s a Unesco World Heritage site and famous for being the centre of Truilli - these are dry stone conical houses with pointed roofs painted white.
Nobody knows the history or reason why these houses were built in such a manner – they look straight out of a fairy tale. The town is named after the primitive oak forest – Arboris Belli. Truilli are found all over the surrounding countryside, in the form of farms, guest houses and ordinary homes.
Having enjoyed Ostuni we decided to hire a car the next day with the intention of visiting more of the interior towns. The most famous and definitely the most eccentric was Alberobello, it’s a Unesco World Heritage site and famous for being the centre of Truilli - these are dry stone conical houses with pointed roofs painted white.
Nobody knows the history or reason why these houses were built in such a manner – they look straight out of a fairy tale. The town is named after the primitive oak forest – Arboris Belli. Truilli are found all over the surrounding countryside, in the form of farms, guest houses and ordinary homes.
Alberobello, Locorotondo and Martina Franca are all towns located in the
Valle d’Itria in the centre of Murgia.
In May the rolling green countryside looked beautiful with olive groves,
vineyards and almond trees – it all looked extremely fertile and it is - Puglia
is the food basket for the rest of the country and provides 80% of Europe’s
pasta, most of Italy’s fish is
caught off the Puglian Coast and 80% of Italy’s olive oil comes from Puglia and
Calabria.
LOCOROTONDO
LOCOROTONDO
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| Locorotondo, another hill top town with some truilli in the foreground |
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| Beautiful detail on the buildings |
Locorotondo, another hillside town, is
rated as one of the most beautiful towns in Italy, it too sits on a hill and
the buildings of the historic centre are a stunning white.
MARTINA FRANCA
Lastly we visited Martina Franca, it’s the highest town in Murgia and was founded in the 10th century by refugees from Taranto after an Arab invasion. This town has the reputation for fine foods, whilst we were in Puglia much of the produce carried the Martina Franca branding. Although we only explored a small section of this town we found it to be a gracious with fine piazzas and buildings.
MARTINA FRANCA
Lastly we visited Martina Franca, it’s the highest town in Murgia and was founded in the 10th century by refugees from Taranto after an Arab invasion. This town has the reputation for fine foods, whilst we were in Puglia much of the produce carried the Martina Franca branding. Although we only explored a small section of this town we found it to be a gracious with fine piazzas and buildings.
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