Trulli houses in Aberobello

Strange cone shaped roofs of houses built to evade taxes as they were not considered dwelling by the then King.

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June 1st 2010
Once again I had to return to Naples to join my next Peregrine tour group; this time it was only a brief overnight stay in a very noisy hotel before moving on. That tour took in the highlights of southern Italy and finished at Bari on the east coast. The group was made up of a Kiwi dairy farmer and his wife (on their way to a Jersey breed conference in Albania of all places); a retired Scottish em ... read more

Europe » Italy » Apulia » Alberobello

Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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