states: [italy]
category: cultural
year: 1996
location: Province of Bari, Puglia Region
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 40.7825000000, 17.2369400000
visited: 2023
The trulli , limestone dwellings found in the southern region of Puglia, are remarkable examples of drywall (mortarless) construction, a prehistoric building technique still in use in this region. The trulli are made of roughly worked limestone boulders collected from neighbouring fields. Characteristically, they feature pyramidal, domed or conical roofs built up of corbelled limestone slabs.
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