Alberobello, The Town Of Trulli. Toasts. Puglia, Italy Royalty-Free Stock Image

The capital of the trulli, extraordinary examples of dry stone construction with conical or pyramidal roof slabs, will enchant you with an expanse of over 1,500 trulli that have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1996.The entire Itria Valley is characterized by the presence of these picturesque buildings that have their roots in the prehistoric era, but it is precisely in Alberobello that the greatest concentration of the best-preserved examples is found. The law of the Kingdom of Naples required the payment of a tax for each new village built and, according to some studies, the trulli are the result of a stratagem designed to avoid paying those taxes.The appearance of these buildings had to be deliberately precarious to give the idea of ??buildings that could be easily demolished in the event of an inspection.