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Alberobello's Trulli

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Wonder Type: Cultural
Country: Italy
Best of: Houses
Description:
The trulli , limestone dwellings found in the southern region of Puglia, are remarkable examples of drywall (mortarless) construction, a prehistoric building technique still in use in this region. The trulli are made of roughly worked limestone boulders collected from neighbouring fields. Characteristically, they feature pyramidal, domed or conical roofs built up of corbelled limestone slabs. [More Details]
This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Alberobello's Trulli", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.