Huts «Trulli» Alberobello in Italian

Includes the town of Albert Bello and small in the province of Bari, in the southern region of Puglia in Italy, an impressive array of traditional huts built of mud bricks dubbed "Trulli". Featuring stone huts ceilings made of slabs of limestone, which comes in the form of pyramids or conical domes.

According to a UNESCO site, built huts Trulli circa 1644, when he was building a stable housing is subject to high taxes, residents of the area came out ingenious idea of building temporary houses can be demolished easily and without great losses, in the event of tax inspectors visit senders by order of the King of Naples

Trulli huts constructed using limestone boulders collected from neighboring fields. And contain small windows, thick walls and a hollow for the allocation of places for stoves and furnaces. The surfaces were constructed in two layers, one of the limestone to prevent leakage of rainwater, also adopted some of the huts a smart way to direct rainwater to a well under the house across the edges of the installation at the base of the ceiling tend directly to the bottom.

Is equipped with wooden interiors-friendly, such as door frames, arches and floors and wooden stairs. The thick stone walls to protect the population from the scorching sun as the hut keep cool in the summer. But also during the cold winter and condense moisture inside the vapor emitted from cooking and breathing and feel cold even though its population run the stove. To maintain the interior of the hut drought and the renewal of the air, leaving residents Trulli doors open during the day and live outside more than the inside.

 Trulli began building huts in the middle of the 16th century and lasted until the early twentieth century, as the construction work fell rapidly during the 19th century because of the high cost of labor and materials, construction stopped until the beginning of the twentieth century after the building has not been any new hut.

Turned huts that were built during the 18th and 19th century the first decades of the 20th century, to the shops, and restaurants, many of which are still inhabited by locals.

Have been classified and Albert Bello World Heritage Site of UNESCO thanks to this traditional braces, which was set up in an urban environment, which is 1,500 hut.