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Alberobello, in brief.

Trulli houses, UNESCO World Heritage, Rione Monti.

The capital of the trulli, where some fifteen hundred of the conical drystone houses fill the lanes of the Rione Monti and Aia Piccola quarters, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Whitewashed walls rise to grey limestone cones, many painted with mysterious symbols.

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Conical trulli roofs and whitewashed houses along an Alberobello lane, Puglia

Trulli of Alberobello

Alberobello's town of fifteen hundred whitewashed stone cones, drystone-built to dodge feudal taxes.

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