Apulia, land
of passage, land between two seas, balcony
on the Mediterranean, crossed from marine
and land routes, that remember memorable,
mythical and historical peregrinations. Those
mysterious ones of the Pelasgi, the mythical
landings place of the Cretesi and the Greeks,
literary navigation from "Eneide"
and from "Odissea", but also the
historical migrations of the Japigi, Dauni,
Peucezi and Messapi. From the prehistoric
civilisations Puglia has inherited a concentration
of dolmen and menhir equal only to that one
of the Bretagna. Its splendid cathedrals constitute
one of the mhours fascinating Italy destination.
From centuries we take cure of who crosses
our region, always with the intention to help
who needs. You can imagine, then, which incredible
acceptance we know to reserve to which they
come in order to enjoy our beauties.
The Trullis
of Alberobello
Alberobello rises
on two hill; on that oriental,
there is the new city with modern
architectural characteristics,
on that prepared to West the they
are found "Trulli",
in an urban agglomeration divided
in the two neighbourhoods: Mountains
and Aia Piccola, both national
Monuments and from December 1996
recognized by the U.N.E.S.C.O.
World Patrimony of the humanity.
The history of this unusual town
goes up again to the second halves
the XVI century, when, small feud
under the dominion of the Acquavivas,
Accounts of they Converse, it
started to become populated himself/herself/themselves
of farmers that made this fertile
zone. The Accounts authorized
the farmers to build the residences
to dry, so that to be able to
be destroyed in case of regal
inspection, since the birth of
an urban agglomeration demanded
the payment of the tribute according
to the law in vigor to the epoch,
with the astute proposal the heavy
tax was avoided. It raced the
year 1797 and a group of brave
alberobellesi, tired of the precarious
condition, it went him to Taranto
to ask aid to the king Ferdinando
IV of Borbone that listened and
it promised.
May 27 th 1797 the King Ferdinando
IV of Borbone listened to the
incessant protests and decreed
I free the village.
