Venue: Alberobello, Puglia
Lens: Nikkor 50mm f/1.4
Lightroom preset: Aged Photo
Music: The misty mountains cold (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEm0AjTbsac)
The next stop on our Puglia trip was the small but rather famous and touristy town of Alberobello. It is known for its unique architecture, the “trullo” houses or just “trulli”. As you can already see on the top photo the trulli are windowless, have a circular form with a pointy conical stone roof and look like fairy tale, dwarf or smurf buildings rather than places where usual people lived for centuries. I believe the history of how these houses came to be is that the people in the region were not eager to pay taxes for house-ownership and the trulli were enjoying a tax exemption since they had a temporary status, the original trulli could be disassembled within hours. So, Alberobello became the main gathering centre for all the tax-evaders and a few centuries later also became one of the main tourist destinations in Puglia because of its surreal look. Unfortunately the weather was quite bad during our stay so I apologize if the photos are not perfect, I tried to emphasize the trulli-effect by making them retro style. But no matter whether you like the shots or not, I guarantee you that staying in a trullo even for just one evening is well-worth the travel!
What a shame the weather was bad for your visit — but on the bright side, the rain added some lovely atmosphere to your (beautiful) photographs! Thank you for teaching me about this beautiful and unique place.
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another post with great photos:))
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Thank you! If you have rain and limited time, you must take rainy pictures of put the camera away; you made the right choice! The almost-monochrome is beautiful.
WT.
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“aged photo” suits these photos very well.
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I enjoyed every photo for different reasons – the lighting in the street shot with window display boxes and lamppost was artsy and the one of the main square – with lady walking and truck was a nice moment – and the fiat did bring us back to now –
Safe travels to ya 😉
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These trulli were occasionally erected in wine-growing regions of Germany amid the vinyards, where a person could stay during harvest season to chase away flocks of hungry birds from the ripe grapes by firing shots in the air. To see so many in close proximity is amazing.
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Wow! The framework for these homes must be amazing to be able to hold all that stone. Great photos. The weather did nothing but enhance the pictures as far as I can see. I am curious though, what do the symbols on some of the roofs signify?
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Wow, what a beautiful place. Thanks so much for sharing and beautiful photographs, the rain has added to the partial monochrome look.
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nice pic
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very nice photo’s would love you to take some of me if possible Lynn
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