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Ali, hill town in the province of Messina, is about 30 km from the capital. Nestled on Peloritans, lies at the foot of the hill 450 meters above sea level in St. Helena Overlooking the sun, has been called "a porch roof on the Ionian sea," for its splendid position that makes enjoying the magnificent views of the Ionian Sea and the entire eastern coast of Sicily; especially at night, is to admire the enchanting spectacle of the Calabrian coast and the Straits of Messina. The whole scene is dominated by the imposing bulk of Mount Etna. And 'prized for architectural heritage, for its mild climate, the pure air and the clear, cold water of the natural springs. Ali has about 1000 inhabitants. Its economy, once supported by a thriving agriculture today is based primarily on the service sector. It is the home, as well, an important plant of mineral waters, the source of which belong to the municipality. The name of Ali, for certain, has Greek origins, from Elim, in reference to the Greek colony of Elis, whence would come the founders of the country. For others, it has Muslim origins and it would be a tribute to the Caliph Ali, son of Muhammad. The town, founded in 638 BC on the plateau Mollerino, by the settlers of Elis, fell within the territory of Zancle Messana, but the first inhabitants, tormented by pirates, they moved much higher up on Mount Scuderi.To the west of the village overlooking the foothills of the first Peloritans, whose green, a deep green that does not let the eye, gently ascends the slopes, up panorama to achieve the highest ridges. Towards the sea, dominates the liquid expanse of the Ionian Sea, a beautiful landscape, in which the Heads of Ali and of St. Alexis, overlooking the white spots of the agglomeration, scattered among the beautiful green of the coast. clearly see the extreme edge of the Calabrian shore, calm immense velvet sea. Few to Ali Superior noise: some trill of bird, some cackling of hens, some dog barking in the distance. Removed these noises, to Ali reigns supreme silence and when you hear the sound of a few cars, or the sound of some turntable is stupid because Ali has managed to retain its traditional vocation to life rusticana. The country still retains, in galleries and in the tunnels of the old streets, its ancient medieval appearance and almost one would expect to see emerge from some secluded corner, some mustachioed soldier with helmet and armor of a few centuries ago, to disturb, with its militaristic past, the beautiful peace of the place.
Alì, centro collinare della provincia di Messina, dista dal capoluogo circa 30 km. Adagiato sui monti Peloritani, sorge alle pendici del colle S. Elena a 450 metri s.l.m. Affacciato al sole, è stato definito “una veranda pensile sullo Jonio”, per la sua felice posizione panoramica, che fa godere la magnifica vista del Mare Jonio e di tutta la riviera orientale della Sicilia; specie di sera, fa ammirare lo spettacolo incantevole delle coste calabresi e dello Stretto di Messina. Tutto il panorama è dominato dalla possente mole dell’Etna. E’ apprezzato per il patrimonio architettonico, per il suo clima mite, per l’aria purissima e per l’acqua limpida e fresca delle sorgenti naturali. Alì conta circa 1000 abitanti. La sua economia, un tempo sostenuta da una fiorente agricoltura, oggi prevalentemente si regge sul terziario.Vi ha sede, pure, un importante stabilimento di acque oligominerali, la cui sorgente ricade nel territorio comunale.Il nome Alì, per taluni, ha origine greca, da Elim, in riferimento alla colonia greca Elide, da dove sarebbero venuti i fondatori del paese. Per altri, ha origini musulmane e sarebbe un omaggio al Califfo Alì, genero di Maometto.Il paese, fondato nel 638 a.c. sul pianoro Mollerino, dai coloni dell’Elide, ricadeva nel territorio di Zancle Messana, ma i primi abitanti, tormentati dalle incursioni dei pirati, si trasferirono molto più in alto, sul Monte Scuderi, Ad ovest l'abitato si affaccia ai primi contrafforti dei Peloritani, il cui verde, un verde fitto che non da tregua all'occhio, sale dolcemente per i pendii, finopanorama a raggiungere i più alti crinali. Verso la marina, si domina la liquida distesa dello Ionio, un bel paesaggio, in cui i capi di Alì e di Sant'Alessio, sovrastano le bianche macchie degli agglomerati, disseminati tra il bel verde della costa. ben visibile l'estremo lembo del litorale calabro, riposante sull'immenso velluto del mare. Pochi ad Alì Superiore i rumori: qualche trillo di uccello, qualche coccodè di gallina, qualche latrato di cane in lontananza. Tolti questi rumori, ad Alì domina sovrano il silenzio e quando si sente il rombo di qualche macchina, o il suono di qualche giradischi si rimane stupidi poiché Alì ha saputo conservare la sua tradizionale vocazione alla vita rusticana. Il Paese conserva ancora, nei ballatoi e nei cunicoli dei vecchi vicoli, la sua antica fisionomia medievale e quasi ci si attenderebbe di vedere sbucare, da qualche angolo appartato, qualche baffuto soldato con elmo ed armatura di alcuni secoli fa, a turbare, col suo passato militaresco, la bella pace del luogo.
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Clonmacnoise was founded sometime between 545 by Ciarán Mac a tSaor, a young man from Rathcroghan, Co. Roscommon. Until the 9th century it had close associations with the kings of Connacht. The strategic location of the monastery helped it become a major centre of religion, learning, craftsmanship and trade by the 9th century and together with Clonard it was the most famous in Ireland, visited by scholars from all over Europe. From the ninth until the eleventh century it was allied with the kings of Meath. Many of the high kings of Tara and Connacht were buried here.
Clonmacnoise fu fondato nel 545 da San Ciarán nel luogo dove le principali strade dell'epoca da est ad ovest si incontravano, attraverso le brughiere dell'Irlanda centrale fino ad Eiscir Riada, una morena sullo Shannon creatasi col ritiro dei ghiacchi dell'ultima era glaciale.
San Ciarán era stato un discepolo di San Diarmuid e San Finnian di Clonard.
Poco dopo il suo arrivo, Ciarán incontrò Diarmait mac Cerbaill che lo aiutò a costruire la prima chiesa — una piccola struttura lignea e la prima di tante piccole chiese ad essere dotate di un chiostro.
Diarmuid presto reclamò l'onore di essere eletto primo Sovrano supremo d'Irlanda cristiano.
Ciarán morì dopo un anno dall'imperversare della peste gialla, alla giovane età di poco più che trentenne.
Ali, hill town in the province of Messina, is about 30 km from the capital. Nestled on Peloritans, lies at the foot of the hill 450 meters above sea level in St. Helena Overlooking the sun, has been called "a porch roof on the Ionian sea," for its splendid position that makes enjoying the magnificent views of the Ionian Sea and the entire eastern coast of Sicily; especially at night, is to admire the enchanting spectacle of the Calabrian coast and the Straits of Messina. The whole scene is dominated by the imposing bulk of Mount Etna. And 'prized for architectural heritage, for its mild climate, the pure air and the clear, cold water of the natural springs. Ali has about 1000 inhabitants. Its economy, once supported by a thriving agriculture today is based primarily on the service sector. It is the home, as well, an important plant of mineral waters, the source of which belong to the municipality. The name of Ali, for certain, has Greek origins, from Elim, in reference to the Greek colony of Elis, whence would come the founders of the country. For others, it has Muslim origins and it would be a tribute to the Caliph Ali, son of Muhammad. The town, founded in 638 BC on the plateau Mollerino, by the settlers of Elis, fell within the territory of Zancle Messana, but the first inhabitants, tormented by pirates, they moved much higher up on Mount Scuderi.To the west of the village overlooking the foothills of the first Peloritans, whose green, a deep green that does not let the eye, gently ascends the slopes, up panorama to achieve the highest ridges. Towards the sea, dominates the liquid expanse of the Ionian Sea, a beautiful landscape, in which the Heads of Ali and of St. Alexis, overlooking the white spots of the agglomeration, scattered among the beautiful green of the coast. clearly see the extreme edge of the Calabrian shore, calm immense velvet sea. Few to Ali Superior noise: some trill of bird, some cackling of hens, some dog barking in the distance. Removed these noises, to Ali reigns supreme silence and when you hear the sound of a few cars, or the sound of some turntable is stupid because Ali has managed to retain its traditional vocation to life rusticana. The country still retains, in galleries and in the tunnels of the old streets, its ancient medieval appearance and almost one would expect to see emerge from some secluded corner, some mustachioed soldier with helmet and armor of a few centuries ago, to disturb, with its militaristic past, the beautiful peace of the place.
Alì, centro collinare della provincia di Messina, dista dal capoluogo circa 30 km. Adagiato sui monti Peloritani, sorge alle pendici del colle S. Elena a 450 metri s.l.m. Affacciato al sole, è stato definito “una veranda pensile sullo Jonio”, per la sua felice posizione panoramica, che fa godere la magnifica vista del Mare Jonio e di tutta la riviera orientale della Sicilia; specie di sera, fa ammirare lo spettacolo incantevole delle coste calabresi e dello Stretto di Messina. Tutto il panorama è dominato dalla possente mole dell’Etna. E’ apprezzato per il patrimonio architettonico, per il suo clima mite, per l’aria purissima e per l’acqua limpida e fresca delle sorgenti naturali. Alì conta circa 1000 abitanti. La sua economia, un tempo sostenuta da una fiorente agricoltura, oggi prevalentemente si regge sul terziario.Vi ha sede, pure, un importante stabilimento di acque oligominerali, la cui sorgente ricade nel territorio comunale.Il nome Alì, per taluni, ha origine greca, da Elim, in riferimento alla colonia greca Elide, da dove sarebbero venuti i fondatori del paese. Per altri, ha origini musulmane e sarebbe un omaggio al Califfo Alì, genero di Maometto.Il paese, fondato nel 638 a.c. sul pianoro Mollerino, dai coloni dell’Elide, ricadeva nel territorio di Zancle Messana, ma i primi abitanti, tormentati dalle incursioni dei pirati, si trasferirono molto più in alto, sul Monte Scuderi, Ad ovest l'abitato si affaccia ai primi contrafforti dei Peloritani, il cui verde, un verde fitto che non da tregua all'occhio, sale dolcemente per i pendii, finopanorama a raggiungere i più alti crinali. Verso la marina, si domina la liquida distesa dello Ionio, un bel paesaggio, in cui i capi di Alì e di Sant'Alessio, sovrastano le bianche macchie degli agglomerati, disseminati tra il bel verde della costa. ben visibile l'estremo lembo del litorale calabro, riposante sull'immenso velluto del mare. Pochi ad Alì Superiore i rumori: qualche trillo di uccello, qualche coccodè di gallina, qualche latrato di cane in lontananza. Tolti questi rumori, ad Alì domina sovrano il silenzio e quando si sente il rombo di qualche macchina, o il suono di qualche giradischi si rimane stupidi poiché Alì ha saputo conservare la sua tradizionale vocazione alla vita rusticana. Il Paese conserva ancora, nei ballatoi e nei cunicoli dei vecchi vicoli, la sua antica fisionomia medievale e quasi ci si attenderebbe di vedere sbucare, da qualche angolo appartato, qualche baffuto soldato con elmo ed armatura di alcuni secoli fa, a turbare, col suo passato militaresco, la bella pace del luogo.
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The first trulli showed up in the prehistoric age; they had already been present in settlement in the Itria Valley. Tholos, typical constructions used to bury the deceased, also began to spread over the same territory.
Still, the oldest trulli we know of today are at Alberobello, dating back to the 14th Century: it was during this period that what seemed but an uninhabited land was assigned to the ownership of the first Count of Conversano by Robert d’Anjou, Prince of Taranto and then King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. The tract of land was given as a reward to the young Anjou noble for his service during the Crusades. Soon after, the area was repopulated with entire feudal settlements, transferred from nearby (like that of Noci).
According to some research, however, rural settlements had already risen up around the year 1000, on both sides of a river that now runs underground. The habitations gradually grew into villages, later called Aja Piccola and Monti.
The trullo’s dry-wall construction, without mortar, was imposed on new settlers so that they could dismantle their shelters in a hurry: an efficient means to evade taxes on new settlements under the Kingdom of Naples, and certainly a good way to deter unruly lords. Yet most historians agree that this building technique came about due to the area’s geographical conditions, abundant with the limestone we now see in these constructions.
Around the middle part of the 16th Century, the community of Monti was already occupied by about 40 trulli, but it was only circa 1620 that Alberobello acquied the physiognomy of a settlement that was independent from neighboring Noci. It counted a population of 3,500 towards the end of the 18th Century. In 1797, the village obtained the title of "Royal City" from the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV de Bourbon. The city derived its name from the Latin phrase silva arboris belli, that is “wood of the tree of war.”
Not to Miss in Alberobello
Monti: A district consisting of 1, 030 trulli, including the ‘trulli siamesi’, characterized by a double facade, a double pinnacle, a low hearth, and no windows.
Aja Piccola: A borgo made up of a network if tiny streets and alleyways.
Trullo Sovrano: A unique trullo on two levels, today housing a museum. Address: Piazza Sacramento 10, 70011 Alberobello (BA)
Church of Sant’Antonio: In trullo form, and featuring a monumental entrance and a staircase overarched by a rose window. The church is in Greek cross plan, with lateral chapels and a bell tower, and a cloister vault roof. Address: Via Monte Pertica,70011 Alberobello (BA)
The House of Love: The first house constructed in lime, in 1797, today it is the office of tourism. Address: Via Monte Nero 3, 70011, Alberobello (BA)
Sanctuary of Holy Doctors: Dedicated to doctors and Saints Cosmas and Damian, it holds their relics and the painting The Madonna of Lore
Ali, hill town in the province of Messina, is about 30 km from the capital. Nestled on Peloritans, lies at the foot of the hill 450 meters above sea level in St. Helena Overlooking the sun, has been called "a porch roof on the Ionian sea," for its splendid position that makes enjoying the magnificent views of the Ionian Sea and the entire eastern coast of Sicily; especially at night, is to admire the enchanting spectacle of the Calabrian coast and the Straits of Messina. The whole scene is dominated by the imposing bulk of Mount Etna. And 'prized for architectural heritage, for its mild climate, the pure air and the clear, cold water of the natural springs. Ali has about 1000 inhabitants. Its economy, once supported by a thriving agriculture today is based primarily on the service sector. It is the home, as well, an important plant of mineral waters, the source of which belong to the municipality. The name of Ali, for certain, has Greek origins, from Elim, in reference to the Greek colony of Elis, whence would come the founders of the country. For others, it has Muslim origins and it would be a tribute to the Caliph Ali, son of Muhammad. The town, founded in 638 BC on the plateau Mollerino, by the settlers of Elis, fell within the territory of Zancle Messana, but the first inhabitants, tormented by pirates, they moved much higher up on Mount Scuderi.To the west of the village overlooking the foothills of the first Peloritans, whose green, a deep green that does not let the eye, gently ascends the slopes, up panorama to achieve the highest ridges. Towards the sea, dominates the liquid expanse of the Ionian Sea, a beautiful landscape, in which the Heads of Ali and of St. Alexis, overlooking the white spots of the agglomeration, scattered among the beautiful green of the coast. clearly see the extreme edge of the Calabrian shore, calm immense velvet sea. Few to Ali Superior noise: some trill of bird, some cackling of hens, some dog barking in the distance. Removed these noises, to Ali reigns supreme silence and when you hear the sound of a few cars, or the sound of some turntable is stupid because Ali has managed to retain its traditional vocation to life rusticana. The country still retains, in galleries and in the tunnels of the old streets, its ancient medieval appearance and almost one would expect to see emerge from some secluded corner, some mustachioed soldier with helmet and armor of a few centuries ago, to disturb, with its militaristic past, the beautiful peace of the place.
Alì, centro collinare della provincia di Messina, dista dal capoluogo circa 30 km. Adagiato sui monti Peloritani, sorge alle pendici del colle S. Elena a 450 metri s.l.m. Affacciato al sole, è stato definito “una veranda pensile sullo Jonio”, per la sua felice posizione panoramica, che fa godere la magnifica vista del Mare Jonio e di tutta la riviera orientale della Sicilia; specie di sera, fa ammirare lo spettacolo incantevole delle coste calabresi e dello Stretto di Messina. Tutto il panorama è dominato dalla possente mole dell’Etna. E’ apprezzato per il patrimonio architettonico, per il suo clima mite, per l’aria purissima e per l’acqua limpida e fresca delle sorgenti naturali. Alì conta circa 1000 abitanti. La sua economia, un tempo sostenuta da una fiorente agricoltura, oggi prevalentemente si regge sul terziario.Vi ha sede, pure, un importante stabilimento di acque oligominerali, la cui sorgente ricade nel territorio comunale.Il nome Alì, per taluni, ha origine greca, da Elim, in riferimento alla colonia greca Elide, da dove sarebbero venuti i fondatori del paese. Per altri, ha origini musulmane e sarebbe un omaggio al Califfo Alì, genero di Maometto.Il paese, fondato nel 638 a.c. sul pianoro Mollerino, dai coloni dell’Elide, ricadeva nel territorio di Zancle Messana, ma i primi abitanti, tormentati dalle incursioni dei pirati, si trasferirono molto più in alto, sul Monte Scuderi, Ad ovest l'abitato si affaccia ai primi contrafforti dei Peloritani, il cui verde, un verde fitto che non da tregua all'occhio, sale dolcemente per i pendii, finopanorama a raggiungere i più alti crinali. Verso la marina, si domina la liquida distesa dello Ionio, un bel paesaggio, in cui i capi di Alì e di Sant'Alessio, sovrastano le bianche macchie degli agglomerati, disseminati tra il bel verde della costa. ben visibile l'estremo lembo del litorale calabro, riposante sull'immenso velluto del mare. Pochi ad Alì Superiore i rumori: qualche trillo di uccello, qualche coccodè di gallina, qualche latrato di cane in lontananza. Tolti questi rumori, ad Alì domina sovrano il silenzio e quando si sente il rombo di qualche macchina, o il suono di qualche giradischi si rimane stupidi poiché Alì ha saputo conservare la sua tradizionale vocazione alla vita rusticana. Il Paese conserva ancora, nei ballatoi e nei cunicoli dei vecchi vicoli, la sua antica fisionomia medievale e quasi ci si attenderebbe di vedere sbucare, da qualche angolo appartato, qualche baffuto soldato con elmo ed armatura di alcuni secoli fa, a turbare, col suo passato militaresco, la bella pace del luogo.
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Ali, hill town in the province of Messina, is about 30 km from the capital. Nestled on Peloritans, lies at the foot of the hill 450 meters above sea level in St. Helena Overlooking the sun, has been called "a porch roof on the Ionian sea," for its splendid position that makes enjoying the magnificent views of the Ionian Sea and the entire eastern coast of Sicily; especially at night, is to admire the enchanting spectacle of the Calabrian coast and the Straits of Messina. The whole scene is dominated by the imposing bulk of Mount Etna. And 'prized for architectural heritage, for its mild climate, the pure air and the clear, cold water of the natural springs. Ali has about 1000 inhabitants. Its economy, once supported by a thriving agriculture today is based primarily on the service sector. It is the home, as well, an important plant of mineral waters, the source of which belong to the municipality. The name of Ali, for certain, has Greek origins, from Elim, in reference to the Greek colony of Elis, whence would come the founders of the country. For others, it has Muslim origins and it would be a tribute to the Caliph Ali, son of Muhammad. The town, founded in 638 BC on the plateau Mollerino, by the settlers of Elis, fell within the territory of Zancle Messana, but the first inhabitants, tormented by pirates, they moved much higher up on Mount Scuderi.To the west of the village overlooking the foothills of the first Peloritans, whose green, a deep green that does not let the eye, gently ascends the slopes, up panorama to achieve the highest ridges. Towards the sea, dominates the liquid expanse of the Ionian Sea, a beautiful landscape, in which the Heads of Ali and of St. Alexis, overlooking the white spots of the agglomeration, scattered among the beautiful green of the coast. clearly see the extreme edge of the Calabrian shore, calm immense velvet sea. Few to Ali Superior noise: some trill of bird, some cackling of hens, some dog barking in the distance. Removed these noises, to Ali reigns supreme silence and when you hear the sound of a few cars, or the sound of some turntable is stupid because Ali has managed to retain its traditional vocation to life rusticana. The country still retains, in galleries and in the tunnels of the old streets, its ancient medieval appearance and almost one would expect to see emerge from some secluded corner, some mustachioed soldier with helmet and armor of a few centuries ago, to disturb, with its militaristic past, the beautiful peace of the place.
Alì, centro collinare della provincia di Messina, dista dal capoluogo circa 30 km. Adagiato sui monti Peloritani, sorge alle pendici del colle S. Elena a 450 metri s.l.m. Affacciato al sole, è stato definito “una veranda pensile sullo Jonio”, per la sua felice posizione panoramica, che fa godere la magnifica vista del Mare Jonio e di tutta la riviera orientale della Sicilia; specie di sera, fa ammirare lo spettacolo incantevole delle coste calabresi e dello Stretto di Messina. Tutto il panorama è dominato dalla possente mole dell’Etna. E’ apprezzato per il patrimonio architettonico, per il suo clima mite, per l’aria purissima e per l’acqua limpida e fresca delle sorgenti naturali. Alì conta circa 1000 abitanti. La sua economia, un tempo sostenuta da una fiorente agricoltura, oggi prevalentemente si regge sul terziario.Vi ha sede, pure, un importante stabilimento di acque oligominerali, la cui sorgente ricade nel territorio comunale.Il nome Alì, per taluni, ha origine greca, da Elim, in riferimento alla colonia greca Elide, da dove sarebbero venuti i fondatori del paese. Per altri, ha origini musulmane e sarebbe un omaggio al Califfo Alì, genero di Maometto.Il paese, fondato nel 638 a.c. sul pianoro Mollerino, dai coloni dell’Elide, ricadeva nel territorio di Zancle Messana, ma i primi abitanti, tormentati dalle incursioni dei pirati, si trasferirono molto più in alto, sul Monte Scuderi, Ad ovest l'abitato si affaccia ai primi contrafforti dei Peloritani, il cui verde, un verde fitto che non da tregua all'occhio, sale dolcemente per i pendii, finopanorama a raggiungere i più alti crinali. Verso la marina, si domina la liquida distesa dello Ionio, un bel paesaggio, in cui i capi di Alì e di Sant'Alessio, sovrastano le bianche macchie degli agglomerati, disseminati tra il bel verde della costa. ben visibile l'estremo lembo del litorale calabro, riposante sull'immenso velluto del mare. Pochi ad Alì Superiore i rumori: qualche trillo di uccello, qualche coccodè di gallina, qualche latrato di cane in lontananza. Tolti questi rumori, ad Alì domina sovrano il silenzio e quando si sente il rombo di qualche macchina, o il suono di qualche giradischi si rimane stupidi poiché Alì ha saputo conservare la sua tradizionale vocazione alla vita rusticana. Il Paese conserva ancora, nei ballatoi e nei cunicoli dei vecchi vicoli, la sua antica fisionomia medievale e quasi ci si attenderebbe di vedere sbucare, da qualche angolo appartato, qualche baffuto soldato con elmo ed armatura di alcuni secoli fa, a turbare, col suo passato militaresco, la bella pace del luogo.
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Ali, hill town in the province of Messina, is about 30 km from the capital. Nestled on Peloritans, lies at the foot of the hill 450 meters above sea level in St. Helena Overlooking the sun, has been called "a porch roof on the Ionian sea," for its splendid position that makes enjoying the magnificent views of the Ionian Sea and the entire eastern coast of Sicily; especially at night, is to admire the enchanting spectacle of the Calabrian coast and the Straits of Messina. The whole scene is dominated by the imposing bulk of Mount Etna. And 'prized for architectural heritage, for its mild climate, the pure air and the clear, cold water of the natural springs. Ali has about 1000 inhabitants. Its economy, once supported by a thriving agriculture today is based primarily on the service sector. It is the home, as well, an important plant of mineral waters, the source of which belong to the municipality. The name of Ali, for certain, has Greek origins, from Elim, in reference to the Greek colony of Elis, whence would come the founders of the country. For others, it has Muslim origins and it would be a tribute to the Caliph Ali, son of Muhammad. The town, founded in 638 BC on the plateau Mollerino, by the settlers of Elis, fell within the territory of Zancle Messana, but the first inhabitants, tormented by pirates, they moved much higher up on Mount Scuderi.To the west of the village overlooking the foothills of the first Peloritans, whose green, a deep green that does not let the eye, gently ascends the slopes, up panorama to achieve the highest ridges. Towards the sea, dominates the liquid expanse of the Ionian Sea, a beautiful landscape, in which the Heads of Ali and of St. Alexis, overlooking the white spots of the agglomeration, scattered among the beautiful green of the coast. clearly see the extreme edge of the Calabrian shore, calm immense velvet sea. Few to Ali Superior noise: some trill of bird, some cackling of hens, some dog barking in the distance. Removed these noises, to Ali reigns supreme silence and when you hear the sound of a few cars, or the sound of some turntable is stupid because Ali has managed to retain its traditional vocation to life rusticana. The country still retains, in galleries and in the tunnels of the old streets, its ancient medieval appearance and almost one would expect to see emerge from some secluded corner, some mustachioed soldier with helmet and armor of a few centuries ago, to disturb, with its militaristic past, the beautiful peace of the place.
Alì, centro collinare della provincia di Messina, dista dal capoluogo circa 30 km. Adagiato sui monti Peloritani, sorge alle pendici del colle S. Elena a 450 metri s.l.m. Affacciato al sole, è stato definito “una veranda pensile sullo Jonio”, per la sua felice posizione panoramica, che fa godere la magnifica vista del Mare Jonio e di tutta la riviera orientale della Sicilia; specie di sera, fa ammirare lo spettacolo incantevole delle coste calabresi e dello Stretto di Messina. Tutto il panorama è dominato dalla possente mole dell’Etna. E’ apprezzato per il patrimonio architettonico, per il suo clima mite, per l’aria purissima e per l’acqua limpida e fresca delle sorgenti naturali. Alì conta circa 1000 abitanti. La sua economia, un tempo sostenuta da una fiorente agricoltura, oggi prevalentemente si regge sul terziario.Vi ha sede, pure, un importante stabilimento di acque oligominerali, la cui sorgente ricade nel territorio comunale.Il nome Alì, per taluni, ha origine greca, da Elim, in riferimento alla colonia greca Elide, da dove sarebbero venuti i fondatori del paese. Per altri, ha origini musulmane e sarebbe un omaggio al Califfo Alì, genero di Maometto.Il paese, fondato nel 638 a.c. sul pianoro Mollerino, dai coloni dell’Elide, ricadeva nel territorio di Zancle Messana, ma i primi abitanti, tormentati dalle incursioni dei pirati, si trasferirono molto più in alto, sul Monte Scuderi, Ad ovest l'abitato si affaccia ai primi contrafforti dei Peloritani, il cui verde, un verde fitto che non da tregua all'occhio, sale dolcemente per i pendii, finopanorama a raggiungere i più alti crinali. Verso la marina, si domina la liquida distesa dello Ionio, un bel paesaggio, in cui i capi di Alì e di Sant'Alessio, sovrastano le bianche macchie degli agglomerati, disseminati tra il bel verde della costa. ben visibile l'estremo lembo del litorale calabro, riposante sull'immenso velluto del mare. Pochi ad Alì Superiore i rumori: qualche trillo di uccello, qualche coccodè di gallina, qualche latrato di cane in lontananza. Tolti questi rumori, ad Alì domina sovrano il silenzio e quando si sente il rombo di qualche macchina, o il suono di qualche giradischi si rimane stupidi poiché Alì ha saputo conservare la sua tradizionale vocazione alla vita rusticana. Il Paese conserva ancora, nei ballatoi e nei cunicoli dei vecchi vicoli, la sua antica fisionomia medievale e quasi ci si attenderebbe di vedere sbucare, da qualche angolo appartato, qualche baffuto soldato con elmo ed armatura di alcuni secoli fa, a turbare, col suo passato militaresco, la bella pace del luogo.
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Leggendo i giornali e ascoltando gli umori della gente, percependoli piu' che ascoltandoli, sembra di intendere che nel nostro martoriato mondo stia prevalendo una strana "passione politica per la disgregazione ad oltranza". Una nuova forma di entropia che gli studiosi dovranno affrontare?
Quando sono nate le Nazioni Unite e, poi, le Comunita' Europee, una massa di folli pacifisti stalinisti ha creato le basi istituzionali per cercare di tenere unito il mondo e i tanti Paesi litigiosi che si erano massacrati nella bolgia infernale della guerra.
Nessuno poteva immaginare, in tempi moderni di scolarizzazione di massa, l'emergere di tanti discepoli e maestri della frammentazione selvaggia ..
Gente che ha attacchi d'orgasmo quando osserva la carta geografica d'Europa trasformarsi un un puzzle assurdo che ignora i confini dei fiumi, delle montagne, della Storia.. ma segue una logica "grafico-politica" imprevedibile..
Pensate che perfino la ex Jugoslavia, torno cosi' al tema del reportage fotografico, è ancora oggetto di appetiti divisionistici-kamikaze, li chiamerei cosi'..
Qualcuno, leggo su serissimi siti internet, auspica la separazione della Vojvodina dal resto della Serbia, forse come preludio di una ulteriore sottodivisione che dara' poi slancio ad altre sottodivisioni.. Fino a che ciascun singolo cittadino serbo sara' titolare di un Parlamento sovrano, di un Governo sovrano e di un esercito sovrano ..
A quel punto i profeti della democrazia liberista globale e globalizzante saranno trionfanti ed il popolo potra' .. sparacchiarsi serenamente anche dal cortile di casa, considerando che il proprio suicidio è avvenuto per seguire dei Grandi Ideali Occidentali ..
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Reading newspapers and listening to the mood of the people, perceiving it rather than 'listening to it, You happen to understand that in our troubled and conflictig world a strange form of prevailing "political passion for State disintegration" is getting more and more effective..
A new form of entropy which students will face? Nobody knows..
When the United Nations were born and the European Comnunities became a nice hope, a mass of crazy anti-war Stalinist created the institutional basis to unify the world and the many countries who were massacred in the litigious infernal wars.
No one could imagine, in modern times of mass education, the emergence of many pupils and teachers of wild fragmentation ..
People who have orgasmic crisis when they look at a map of Europe becoming an absurd puzzle that ignores the boundaries of rivers, mountains, History .. but it follows a "graphic-political" unpredictable logic..
Consider that even the former Yugoslavia, so I go back 'to the theme of photography series, is still subject to divisionistic-suicide appetites, so I would call them' ..
Someone, I read on very serious websites, calls for the separation of Vojvodina from the rest of Serbia, perhaps as a prelude to a further subdivision that will give 'then momentum to other subdivisions .. As long as each individual citizen of Serbia will be holder of a sovereign Parliament, of a sovereign government and become a personal private military ruler ..
At that point, the prophets of global and globalizing liberal democracy will triumph and the people will be able to '.. shoot serenely even from the backyard, with great satisfaction, as their suicide happened to follow the Great Western Ideals ..!
The first trulli showed up in the prehistoric age; they had already been present in settlement in the Itria Valley. Tholos, typical constructions used to bury the deceased, also began to spread over the same territory.
Still, the oldest trulli we know of today are at Alberobello, dating back to the 14th Century: it was during this period that what seemed but an uninhabited land was assigned to the ownership of the first Count of Conversano by Robert d’Anjou, Prince of Taranto and then King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. The tract of land was given as a reward to the young Anjou noble for his service during the Crusades. Soon after, the area was repopulated with entire feudal settlements, transferred from nearby (like that of Noci).
According to some research, however, rural settlements had already risen up around the year 1000, on both sides of a river that now runs underground. The habitations gradually grew into villages, later called Aja Piccola and Monti.
The trullo’s dry-wall construction, without mortar, was imposed on new settlers so that they could dismantle their shelters in a hurry: an efficient means to evade taxes on new settlements under the Kingdom of Naples, and certainly a good way to deter unruly lords. Yet most historians agree that this building technique came about due to the area’s geographical conditions, abundant with the limestone we now see in these constructions.
Around the middle part of the 16th Century, the community of Monti was already occupied by about 40 trulli, but it was only circa 1620 that Alberobello acquied the physiognomy of a settlement that was independent from neighboring Noci. It counted a population of 3,500 towards the end of the 18th Century. In 1797, the village obtained the title of "Royal City" from the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV de Bourbon. The city derived its name from the Latin phrase silva arboris belli, that is “wood of the tree of war.”
Not to Miss in Alberobello
Monti: A district consisting of 1, 030 trulli, including the ‘trulli siamesi’, characterized by a double facade, a double pinnacle, a low hearth, and no windows.
Aja Piccola: A borgo made up of a network if tiny streets and alleyways.
Trullo Sovrano: A unique trullo on two levels, today housing a museum. Address: Piazza Sacramento 10, 70011 Alberobello (BA)
Church of Sant’Antonio: In trullo form, and featuring a monumental entrance and a staircase overarched by a rose window. The church is in Greek cross plan, with lateral chapels and a bell tower, and a cloister vault roof. Address: Via Monte Pertica,70011 Alberobello (BA)
The House of Love: The first house constructed in lime, in 1797, today it is the office of tourism. Address: Via Monte Nero 3, 70011, Alberobello (BA)
Sanctuary of Holy Doctors: Dedicated to doctors and Saints Cosmas and Damian, it holds their relics and the painting The Madonna of Lore
Through the keyhole of one of the gates at the Villa del Priorato di Malta (Maltese embassy), you can see down a garden pathway with a perfect view of St. Peter's Basilica at the end. You can technically see three countries—Malta, Italy, and the Vatican—in one shot. Would've killed to have a better zoom for this shot, but only had my point-and-shoot on hand at the moment.
Euphorbia is a genus of plants belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. Consisting of about 2160 species, Euphorbia is one of the most diverse genera in the plant kingdom, maybe exceeded only by Senecio . Members of the family and genus are sometimes referred to as Spurges. Euphorbia antiquorum and Euphorbia serrata are the type species for the genus Euphorbia, it was described by Linnaeus in 1753 in Species Plantarum. The genus is primarily found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and the Americas, but also in temperate zones worldwide. Succulent species originate mostly from Africa, the Americas and Madagascar. There exists a wide range of insular species: on the Hawaiian Islands where spurges are collectively known as "akoko", and on the Canary Islands as "tabaibas".The common name "spurge" derives from the Middle English/Old French espurge ("to purge"), due to the use of the plant's sap as a purgative.The botanical name Euphorbia derives from Euphorbus, the Greek physician of king Juba II of Numidia . He is reported to have used a certain plant, possibly Resin Spurge (E. resinifera), as a herbal remedy when the king suffered from a swollen belly. Carolus Linnaeus assigned the name Euphorbia to the entire genus in the physician's honor.Juba II himself was a noted patron of the arts and sciences and sponsored several expeditions and biological research. He also was a notable author, writing several scholarly and popular scientific works such as treatises on natural history or a best-selling traveller's guide to Arabia. Euphorbia regisjubae (King Juba's Euphorbia) was named to honor the king's contributions to natural history and his role in bringing the genus to notice.
Il genere Euphorbia comprende un vasto numero di piante dicotiledoni della famiglia delle Euphorbiaceae, erbacee o legnose a seconda della specie.Il termine Euphorbia deriverebbe dal nome del medico greco Euphorbus, che utilizzava il succo lattiginoso prodotto da queste piante nelle sue pozioni. Era il medico personale di Giuba II e fu questo dotto sovrano a denominare così in suo onore la pianta, all'interno di un trattato che scrisse per illustrarne le virtù terapeutiche.
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Euphorbia is a genus of plants belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. Consisting of about 2160 species, Euphorbia is one of the most diverse genera in the plant kingdom, maybe exceeded only by Senecio . Members of the family and genus are sometimes referred to as Spurges. Euphorbia antiquorum and Euphorbia serrata are the type species for the genus Euphorbia, it was described by Linnaeus in 1753 in Species Plantarum. The genus is primarily found in the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and the Americas, but also in temperate zones worldwide. Succulent species originate mostly from Africa, the Americas and Madagascar. There exists a wide range of insular species: on the Hawaiian Islands where spurges are collectively known as "akoko", and on the Canary Islands as "tabaibas".The common name "spurge" derives from the Middle English/Old French espurge ("to purge"), due to the use of the plant's sap as a purgative.The botanical name Euphorbia derives from Euphorbus, the Greek physician of king Juba II of Numidia . He is reported to have used a certain plant, possibly Resin Spurge (E. resinifera), as a herbal remedy when the king suffered from a swollen belly. Carolus Linnaeus assigned the name Euphorbia to the entire genus in the physician's honor.Juba II himself was a noted patron of the arts and sciences and sponsored several expeditions and biological research. He also was a notable author, writing several scholarly and popular scientific works such as treatises on natural history or a best-selling traveller's guide to Arabia. Euphorbia regisjubae (King Juba's Euphorbia) was named to honor the king's contributions to natural history and his role in bringing the genus to notice.
Il genere Euphorbia comprende un vasto numero di piante dicotiledoni della famiglia delle Euphorbiaceae, erbacee o legnose a seconda della specie.Il termine Euphorbia deriverebbe dal nome del medico greco Euphorbus, che utilizzava il succo lattiginoso prodotto da queste piante nelle sue pozioni. Era il medico personale di Giuba II e fu questo dotto sovrano a denominare così in suo onore la pianta, all'interno di un trattato che scrisse per illustrarne le virtù terapeutiche.
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The first trulli showed up in the prehistoric age; they had already been present in settlement in the Itria Valley. Tholos, typical constructions used to bury the deceased, also began to spread over the same territory.
Still, the oldest trulli we know of today are at Alberobello, dating back to the 14th Century: it was during this period that what seemed but an uninhabited land was assigned to the ownership of the first Count of Conversano by Robert d’Anjou, Prince of Taranto and then King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. The tract of land was given as a reward to the young Anjou noble for his service during the Crusades. Soon after, the area was repopulated with entire feudal settlements, transferred from nearby (like that of Noci).
According to some research, however, rural settlements had already risen up around the year 1000, on both sides of a river that now runs underground. The habitations gradually grew into villages, later called Aja Piccola and Monti.
The trullo’s dry-wall construction, without mortar, was imposed on new settlers so that they could dismantle their shelters in a hurry: an efficient means to evade taxes on new settlements under the Kingdom of Naples, and certainly a good way to deter unruly lords. Yet most historians agree that this building technique came about due to the area’s geographical conditions, abundant with the limestone we now see in these constructions.
Around the middle part of the 16th Century, the community of Monti was already occupied by about 40 trulli, but it was only circa 1620 that Alberobello acquied the physiognomy of a settlement that was independent from neighboring Noci. It counted a population of 3,500 towards the end of the 18th Century. In 1797, the village obtained the title of "Royal City" from the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV de Bourbon. The city derived its name from the Latin phrase silva arboris belli, that is “wood of the tree of war.”
Not to Miss in Alberobello
Monti: A district consisting of 1, 030 trulli, including the ‘trulli siamesi’, characterized by a double facade, a double pinnacle, a low hearth, and no windows.
Aja Piccola: A borgo made up of a network if tiny streets and alleyways.
Trullo Sovrano: A unique trullo on two levels, today housing a museum. Address: Piazza Sacramento 10, 70011 Alberobello (BA)
Church of Sant’Antonio: In trullo form, and featuring a monumental entrance and a staircase overarched by a rose window. The church is in Greek cross plan, with lateral chapels and a bell tower, and a cloister vault roof. Address: Via Monte Pertica,70011 Alberobello (BA)
The House of Love: The first house constructed in lime, in 1797, today it is the office of tourism. Address: Via Monte Nero 3, 70011, Alberobello (BA)
Sanctuary of Holy Doctors: Dedicated to doctors and Saints Cosmas and Damian, it holds their relics and the painting The Madonna of Lore
Chuyển đổi nhà ở thương mại sang nhà ở xã hội (NOXH) là hướng đi được nhiều chủ đầu tư chọn để được hưởng nhiều chính sách ưu đãi. Tuy nhiên, không có gì đảm bảo cho dự án NOXH được phê duyệt sẽ hoàn thành như kỳ vọng.
Thông tin từ Sở Xây dựng TP.HCM, đến 29/10/2013, UBND Thành phố mới ký duyệt cho 3 dự án với số lượng hơn 6.000 căn hộ được chuyển đổi từ nhà ở thương mại sang nhà ở xã hội trên tổng số 10 dự án nhà cho thuê quận phú nhuận
Trong đó, dự án HQC Plaza do Công ty Cổ phần Tư vấn Thương mại Dịch vụ Địa ốc Hoàng Quân (Hoàng Quân) làm chủ đầu tư. Dự án được chuyển đổi 1.060 căn nhà ở thương mại sang 1.735 căn nhà ở xã hội, dự kiến hoàn thành quý IV-2015. Dự án Khu căn hộ thu nhập thấp và tái định cư 584 do Công ty Cổ phần Đầu tư Xây dựng và Khai thác Công trình Giao thông 584 làm chủ đầu tư, sẽ hoàn thành tháng 3-2014. Dự án Khu trung tâm thương mại dân cư Hưng Điền (P.16, Q.8), chuyển đổi 1.056 căn hộ tái định cư thành 3.916 sang nhà ở xã hội, do Công ty Cổ phần Đầu tư Tấn Hưng làm chủ đầu tư, sẽ hoàn thành vào năm 2015.
Việc chuyển đổi thành công không chỉ thể hiện quyết tâm của các cơ quan chức năng mà còn là nỗ lực lớn của doanh nghiệp. Tuy vậy, đây mới chỉ là thành công bước đầu. Nhìn vào tình hình tài chính, quy mô các dự án của những doanh nghiệp này thì con đường phía trước vẫn còn lắm gian nan nhà cho thuê quận bình thạnh
Dự án HQC Plaza được chuyển đổi sang NOXH từ dự án thương mại trước đó là Sovrano Plaza. Theo thông tin công bố từ Công ty Cổ phần Xây dựng và Kinh doanh Địa ốc Hòa Bình (HBC) thì dự án Sovrano Plaza chính thức khởi công ngày 05/05/2011 do HBC làm tổng thầu. Sau thời gian dài “bất động”, và chuyển đổi sang NOXH, ngày 17/11/2013 dự án lại được khởi công với tên gọi HQC Plaza biệt thự quận 7 cho thuê.
Thỏa thuận hợp tác ngày 10/4/2013 giữa Hoàng Quân và Ban Chấp hành Đoàn Thanh niên Bộ Công an ghi rõ: “Trong vòng 03 tháng kể từ ngày ký kết Thỏa thuận này, Ban Chấp hành Đoàn Thanh niên Bộ Công an cam kết sẽ có danh sách cán bộ CNV thuộc Đoàn Thanh niên Bộ Công an đăng ký mua căn hộ với số lượng là 900 căn hộ (trong đó xác định cụ thể số lượng và diện tích mua, thuê mua)”. Và: “Chậm nhất đến Quý III/2013, Ban Chấp hành Đoàn Thanh niên Bộ Công an cam kết sẽ có danh sách cán bộ CNV thuộc Đoàn Thanh niên Bộ Công an đăng ký mua hết số lượng còn lại.’’ Tuy nhiên, sau hơn nửa năm, sang Quý IV, một nguồn tin từ Hoàng Quân cho biết lấp lửng, số lượng đặt chỗ mua căn hộ là trên 100 và dưới 200! phòng trọ quận thủ đức cho thuê
Liên quan đến gói tín dụng 540 tỷ mà BIDV thỏa thuận cho Hoàng Quân vay, ngày 15/11/2013, Nghị quyết hội đồng quản trị Hoàng Quân có ghi: “Đồng ý vay Ngân hàng TMCP Đầu tư và Phát triển Việt Nam (BIDV) để đầu tư phát triển “Dự án nhà ở xã hội HQC Plaza”. Số tiền vay là 540 tỷ đồng, lãi suất 6%/năm từ nguồn vốn 30.000 tỷ đồng;”. Cùng ngày Hoàng Quân cũng có văn bản công bố thông tin số 311/2013/HQC-CBTT gửi Ủy ban Chứng khoán Nhà nước và Sở Giao dịch Chứng khoán TP HCM. Trong cả 2 văn bản này không có nội dung nào cho biết BIDV đã ký hợp đồng tín dụng chính thức với Hoàng Quân hay chưa. Phải chăng số tiền 540 tỷ này mới chỉ là thỏa thuận?!
Mặt khác, báo cáo tài chính Quý III/2013 của Hoàng Quân cho biết tiền và các khoản tương đương tiền của công ty chỉ còn hơn 7 tỷ đồng. Hoàng Quân cũng đang đối mặt với khối nợ ngắn hạn gần 1.300 tỷ đồng. Khó khăn về dòng tiền là vấn đề nan giải rất cần khách hàng ủng hộ.
Đối với Công ty Cổ phần Đầu tư Xây dựng và Khai thác Công trình Giao thông 584, tình hình tài chính cũng không mấy khả quan. Báo cáo tài chính 6 thánh đầu năm của công ty này cho biết, tiền và các khoản tương đương tiền gần 1 tỷ đồng, trong khi đó, nợ ngắn hạn trên 2.000 tỷ đồng.
Dự án Khu trung tâm thương mại dân cư Hưng Điền, tiềm lực tài chính của chủ đầu tư vẫn là ẩn số. Theo thông cáo báo chí ngày 03/7/2008 của Công ty cổ phần đầu tư Tấn Hưng thì: “Khu dân cư – thương mại Hưng Điền còn có 2 toà tháp chung cư cao 81 tầng và nhiều công trình khác như trường học, trung tâm thương mại… với tổng kinh phí đầu tư 1 tỉ USD. Công ty Tấn Hưng đang kêu gọi nhiều nhà đầu tư cùng hợp tác để thực hiện dự án và có thể hoàn thành trong vòng 4 năm.” Với quy mô dự án và tiến độ triển khai đến thời điểm hiện tại đã cho thấy những điểm khó hiện thực.
Việc các dự án chuyển đổi thành công sang NOXH đã ghi nhận nỗ lực của doanh nghiệp. Tuy nhiên, ngoài sự ủng hộ của cơ quan chức năng, với tình hình tài chính khó khăn, rất cần sự ưu tiên ủng hộ của khách hàng giúp doanh nghiệp thoát khỏi gian nan.
Pope Benedict XVI is the 265th and reigning Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church and, as such, Sovereign of the Vatican City State.He was elected on 19 April 2005 in a papal conclave, celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on 24 April 2005, and took possession of his cathedral, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, on 7 May 2005. A native of Bavaria, Pope Benedict XVI has both German and Vatican citizenship. He succeeded Pope John Paul II.
Benedict XVI is theologically conservative, and his teaching and prolific writings defend traditional Catholic doctrine and values. After a long career as an internationally noted academic, serving as a professor of theology at various German universities, he was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising and cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1977. In 1981, he settled in Rome when he became Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, one of the most important offices of the Roman Curia. At the time of his election as Pope, he was also Dean of the College of Cardinals, and as such the primus inter pares among the cardinals.
Papa Benedetto XVI, nato Joseph Alois Ratzinger , attuale vescovo di Roma, è il 265º papa della Chiesa cattolica. In quanto tale, è primate d'Italia, capo del collegio episcopale e sovrano dello Stato del Vaticano, oltre agli altri titoli propri del romano Pontefice.
Eletto papa il 19 aprile 2005, dopo la morte di Giovanni Paolo II, è il settimo pontefice tedesco nella storia della Chiesa cattolica e il primo dopo Stefano IX, eletto nel 1057.
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The first trulli showed up in the prehistoric age; they had already been present in settlement in the Itria Valley. Tholos, typical constructions used to bury the deceased, also began to spread over the same territory.
Still, the oldest trulli we know of today are at Alberobello, dating back to the 14th Century: it was during this period that what seemed but an uninhabited land was assigned to the ownership of the first Count of Conversano by Robert d’Anjou, Prince of Taranto and then King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. The tract of land was given as a reward to the young Anjou noble for his service during the Crusades. Soon after, the area was repopulated with entire feudal settlements, transferred from nearby (like that of Noci).
According to some research, however, rural settlements had already risen up around the year 1000, on both sides of a river that now runs underground. The habitations gradually grew into villages, later called Aja Piccola and Monti.
The trullo’s dry-wall construction, without mortar, was imposed on new settlers so that they could dismantle their shelters in a hurry: an efficient means to evade taxes on new settlements under the Kingdom of Naples, and certainly a good way to deter unruly lords. Yet most historians agree that this building technique came about due to the area’s geographical conditions, abundant with the limestone we now see in these constructions.
Around the middle part of the 16th Century, the community of Monti was already occupied by about 40 trulli, but it was only circa 1620 that Alberobello acquied the physiognomy of a settlement that was independent from neighboring Noci. It counted a population of 3,500 towards the end of the 18th Century. In 1797, the village obtained the title of "Royal City" from the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV de Bourbon. The city derived its name from the Latin phrase silva arboris belli, that is “wood of the tree of war.”
Not to Miss in Alberobello
Monti: A district consisting of 1, 030 trulli, including the ‘trulli siamesi’, characterized by a double facade, a double pinnacle, a low hearth, and no windows.
Aja Piccola: A borgo made up of a network if tiny streets and alleyways.
Trullo Sovrano: A unique trullo on two levels, today housing a museum. Address: Piazza Sacramento 10, 70011 Alberobello (BA)
Church of Sant’Antonio: In trullo form, and featuring a monumental entrance and a staircase overarched by a rose window. The church is in Greek cross plan, with lateral chapels and a bell tower, and a cloister vault roof. Address: Via Monte Pertica,70011 Alberobello (BA)
The House of Love: The first house constructed in lime, in 1797, today it is the office of tourism. Address: Via Monte Nero 3, 70011, Alberobello (BA)
Sanctuary of Holy Doctors: Dedicated to doctors and Saints Cosmas and Damian, it holds their relics and the painting The Madonna of Lore
The first trulli showed up in the prehistoric age; they had already been present in settlement in the Itria Valley. Tholos, typical constructions used to bury the deceased, also began to spread over the same territory.
Still, the oldest trulli we know of today are at Alberobello, dating back to the 14th Century: it was during this period that what seemed but an uninhabited land was assigned to the ownership of the first Count of Conversano by Robert d’Anjou, Prince of Taranto and then King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. The tract of land was given as a reward to the young Anjou noble for his service during the Crusades. Soon after, the area was repopulated with entire feudal settlements, transferred from nearby (like that of Noci).
According to some research, however, rural settlements had already risen up around the year 1000, on both sides of a river that now runs underground. The habitations gradually grew into villages, later called Aja Piccola and Monti.
The trullo’s dry-wall construction, without mortar, was imposed on new settlers so that they could dismantle their shelters in a hurry: an efficient means to evade taxes on new settlements under the Kingdom of Naples, and certainly a good way to deter unruly lords. Yet most historians agree that this building technique came about due to the area’s geographical conditions, abundant with the limestone we now see in these constructions.
Around the middle part of the 16th Century, the community of Monti was already occupied by about 40 trulli, but it was only circa 1620 that Alberobello acquied the physiognomy of a settlement that was independent from neighboring Noci. It counted a population of 3,500 towards the end of the 18th Century. In 1797, the village obtained the title of "Royal City" from the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV de Bourbon. The city derived its name from the Latin phrase silva arboris belli, that is “wood of the tree of war.”
Not to Miss in Alberobello
Monti: A district consisting of 1, 030 trulli, including the ‘trulli siamesi’, characterized by a double facade, a double pinnacle, a low hearth, and no windows.
Aja Piccola: A borgo made up of a network if tiny streets and alleyways.
Trullo Sovrano: A unique trullo on two levels, today housing a museum. Address: Piazza Sacramento 10, 70011 Alberobello (BA)
Church of Sant’Antonio: In trullo form, and featuring a monumental entrance and a staircase overarched by a rose window. The church is in Greek cross plan, with lateral chapels and a bell tower, and a cloister vault roof. Address: Via Monte Pertica,70011 Alberobello (BA)
The House of Love: The first house constructed in lime, in 1797, today it is the office of tourism. Address: Via Monte Nero 3, 70011, Alberobello (BA)
Sanctuary of Holy Doctors: Dedicated to doctors and Saints Cosmas and Damian, it holds their relics and the painting The Madonna of Lore
The first trulli showed up in the prehistoric age; they had already been present in settlement in the Itria Valley. Tholos, typical constructions used to bury the deceased, also began to spread over the same territory.
Still, the oldest trulli we know of today are at Alberobello, dating back to the 14th Century: it was during this period that what seemed but an uninhabited land was assigned to the ownership of the first Count of Conversano by Robert d’Anjou, Prince of Taranto and then King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. The tract of land was given as a reward to the young Anjou noble for his service during the Crusades. Soon after, the area was repopulated with entire feudal settlements, transferred from nearby (like that of Noci).
According to some research, however, rural settlements had already risen up around the year 1000, on both sides of a river that now runs underground. The habitations gradually grew into villages, later called Aja Piccola and Monti.
The trullo’s dry-wall construction, without mortar, was imposed on new settlers so that they could dismantle their shelters in a hurry: an efficient means to evade taxes on new settlements under the Kingdom of Naples, and certainly a good way to deter unruly lords. Yet most historians agree that this building technique came about due to the area’s geographical conditions, abundant with the limestone we now see in these constructions.
Around the middle part of the 16th Century, the community of Monti was already occupied by about 40 trulli, but it was only circa 1620 that Alberobello acquied the physiognomy of a settlement that was independent from neighboring Noci. It counted a population of 3,500 towards the end of the 18th Century. In 1797, the village obtained the title of "Royal City" from the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV de Bourbon. The city derived its name from the Latin phrase silva arboris belli, that is “wood of the tree of war.”
Not to Miss in Alberobello
Monti: A district consisting of 1, 030 trulli, including the ‘trulli siamesi’, characterized by a double facade, a double pinnacle, a low hearth, and no windows.
Aja Piccola: A borgo made up of a network if tiny streets and alleyways.
Trullo Sovrano: A unique trullo on two levels, today housing a museum. Address: Piazza Sacramento 10, 70011 Alberobello (BA)
Church of Sant’Antonio: In trullo form, and featuring a monumental entrance and a staircase overarched by a rose window. The church is in Greek cross plan, with lateral chapels and a bell tower, and a cloister vault roof. Address: Via Monte Pertica,70011 Alberobello (BA)
The House of Love: The first house constructed in lime, in 1797, today it is the office of tourism. Address: Via Monte Nero 3, 70011, Alberobello (BA)
Sanctuary of Holy Doctors: Dedicated to doctors and Saints Cosmas and Damian, it holds their relics and the painting The Madonna of Lore
The first trulli showed up in the prehistoric age; they had already been present in settlement in the Itria Valley. Tholos, typical constructions used to bury the deceased, also began to spread over the same territory.
Still, the oldest trulli we know of today are at Alberobello, dating back to the 14th Century: it was during this period that what seemed but an uninhabited land was assigned to the ownership of the first Count of Conversano by Robert d’Anjou, Prince of Taranto and then King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. The tract of land was given as a reward to the young Anjou noble for his service during the Crusades. Soon after, the area was repopulated with entire feudal settlements, transferred from nearby (like that of Noci).
According to some research, however, rural settlements had already risen up around the year 1000, on both sides of a river that now runs underground. The habitations gradually grew into villages, later called Aja Piccola and Monti.
The trullo’s dry-wall construction, without mortar, was imposed on new settlers so that they could dismantle their shelters in a hurry: an efficient means to evade taxes on new settlements under the Kingdom of Naples, and certainly a good way to deter unruly lords. Yet most historians agree that this building technique came about due to the area’s geographical conditions, abundant with the limestone we now see in these constructions.
Around the middle part of the 16th Century, the community of Monti was already occupied by about 40 trulli, but it was only circa 1620 that Alberobello acquied the physiognomy of a settlement that was independent from neighboring Noci. It counted a population of 3,500 towards the end of the 18th Century. In 1797, the village obtained the title of "Royal City" from the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV de Bourbon. The city derived its name from the Latin phrase silva arboris belli, that is “wood of the tree of war.”
Not to Miss in Alberobello
Monti: A district consisting of 1, 030 trulli, including the ‘trulli siamesi’, characterized by a double facade, a double pinnacle, a low hearth, and no windows.
Aja Piccola: A borgo made up of a network if tiny streets and alleyways.
Trullo Sovrano: A unique trullo on two levels, today housing a museum. Address: Piazza Sacramento 10, 70011 Alberobello (BA)
Church of Sant’Antonio: In trullo form, and featuring a monumental entrance and a staircase overarched by a rose window. The church is in Greek cross plan, with lateral chapels and a bell tower, and a cloister vault roof. Address: Via Monte Pertica,70011 Alberobello (BA)
The House of Love: The first house constructed in lime, in 1797, today it is the office of tourism. Address: Via Monte Nero 3, 70011, Alberobello (BA)
Sanctuary of Holy Doctors: Dedicated to doctors and Saints Cosmas and Damian, it holds their relics and the painting The Madonna of Lore
The first trulli showed up in the prehistoric age; they had already been present in settlement in the Itria Valley. Tholos, typical constructions used to bury the deceased, also began to spread over the same territory.
Still, the oldest trulli we know of today are at Alberobello, dating back to the 14th Century: it was during this period that what seemed but an uninhabited land was assigned to the ownership of the first Count of Conversano by Robert d’Anjou, Prince of Taranto and then King of Naples from 1309 to 1343. The tract of land was given as a reward to the young Anjou noble for his service during the Crusades. Soon after, the area was repopulated with entire feudal settlements, transferred from nearby (like that of Noci).
According to some research, however, rural settlements had already risen up around the year 1000, on both sides of a river that now runs underground. The habitations gradually grew into villages, later called Aja Piccola and Monti.
The trullo’s dry-wall construction, without mortar, was imposed on new settlers so that they could dismantle their shelters in a hurry: an efficient means to evade taxes on new settlements under the Kingdom of Naples, and certainly a good way to deter unruly lords. Yet most historians agree that this building technique came about due to the area’s geographical conditions, abundant with the limestone we now see in these constructions.
Around the middle part of the 16th Century, the community of Monti was already occupied by about 40 trulli, but it was only circa 1620 that Alberobello acquied the physiognomy of a settlement that was independent from neighboring Noci. It counted a population of 3,500 towards the end of the 18th Century. In 1797, the village obtained the title of "Royal City" from the King of Naples, Ferdinand IV de Bourbon. The city derived its name from the Latin phrase silva arboris belli, that is “wood of the tree of war.”
Not to Miss in Alberobello
Monti: A district consisting of 1, 030 trulli, including the ‘trulli siamesi’, characterized by a double facade, a double pinnacle, a low hearth, and no windows.
Aja Piccola: A borgo made up of a network if tiny streets and alleyways.
Trullo Sovrano: A unique trullo on two levels, today housing a museum. Address: Piazza Sacramento 10, 70011 Alberobello (BA)
Church of Sant’Antonio: In trullo form, and featuring a monumental entrance and a staircase overarched by a rose window. The church is in Greek cross plan, with lateral chapels and a bell tower, and a cloister vault roof. Address: Via Monte Pertica,70011 Alberobello (BA)
The House of Love: The first house constructed in lime, in 1797, today it is the office of tourism. Address: Via Monte Nero 3, 70011, Alberobello (BA)
Sanctuary of Holy Doctors: Dedicated to doctors and Saints Cosmas and Damian, it holds their relics and the painting The Madonna of Lore