Trulli Apulia 03
Trulli are vernacular buildings characterized by quadrilateral shape, covered by conic roofs, and constructed using roughly worked limestone boulders collected from the neighboring fields. Later, as large water-collecting basins were created in the area, they were built directly on the underlying natural rock, using drywall technique exclusively. They constitute a very peculiar architectural expression; on the one side, they were created upon the tradition of ancient technologies and typologies, dating back to the prehistoric age and surviving through time in this southern Italian region without any interruption; on the other side, the current situation led to a wide geographical distribution in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The combination of two or more trulli of different size forms a dwelling. A higher number of trulli, freely aggregated with each other, forms the “trullaia” i.e. a group of buildings, of small courtyards or farmyards including animal housings, of small fenced gardens and vegetable gardens accessible only from the respective households. The smallest trulli, which usually host niches for beds and fireplaces, are connected to the main trullo by means of low arches. Rural trulli show up throughout the Itria Valley.
Trulli Apulia 03
Trulli are vernacular buildings characterized by quadrilateral shape, covered by conic roofs, and constructed using roughly worked limestone boulders collected from the neighboring fields. Later, as large water-collecting basins were created in the area, they were built directly on the underlying natural rock, using drywall technique exclusively. They constitute a very peculiar architectural expression; on the one side, they were created upon the tradition of ancient technologies and typologies, dating back to the prehistoric age and surviving through time in this southern Italian region without any interruption; on the other side, the current situation led to a wide geographical distribution in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The combination of two or more trulli of different size forms a dwelling. A higher number of trulli, freely aggregated with each other, forms the “trullaia” i.e. a group of buildings, of small courtyards or farmyards including animal housings, of small fenced gardens and vegetable gardens accessible only from the respective households. The smallest trulli, which usually host niches for beds and fireplaces, are connected to the main trullo by means of low arches. Rural trulli show up throughout the Itria Valley.