Monday, July 5, 2010

Alberobello


We love Sicily, but we also love heading to the mainland. It's not a far drive to Apulia, the 'heel' of the Italian boot, and it has many hidden treasures. We loved exploring the trulli around Alberobello--it looks like a fairy tale. These dwellings stand in rows like little white beehives with conical roofs. On the trulli are different symbols: a cross, a menorah, an evil eye, star, etc.. No one really knows how these limestone trulli came to be, but many think they belonged to peasant Italian families in the 16th and 17th century.

Picture taken from: http://whc.unesco.org/