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The Monumental Cemetery on Viale Putignano, designed by the architect Antonio Curri towards the end of the 19th century.

A wrought-iron cross and olive trees along the SS172

The Monumental Cemetery in Via Notarnicola, characterised by a pronaos with twelve columns and two truncated pyramid-shaped towers

The façade of the Minor Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian, the ‘Santi Medici’, in Piazza Curri, designed by the architect Antonio Curri and built in 1885

A street lamp and the steps leading up to the Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Piazza Curri

A four-lamp street lamp and the neoclassical pronaos of the Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Piazza Curri

One of the two bell towers with a clock that rise above the façade of the Minor Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Piazza Curri

The lunette in the Basilica of the Holy Doctors in Piazza Curri, depicting the crucified Christ flanked by the Virgin Mary, St John, Saints Peter and Paul, and the Holy Doctors, by the master Rollo

The central nave of the Minor Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian, the Healers

The granite high altar of the Minor Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian, surmounted by a medieval-style crucifix (1976) by Adolfo Rollo

The Baroque altar of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, flanked by saints, painted by Adolfo Rollo in the Minor Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian

The domed vault of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in the Minor Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian

Piazza XI Febbraio, with Via Olmo on the left

Via del Gesù, with the Trullo Sovrano in the background on the left

The Trullo Sovrano and its conical domes in Piazza Sacramento

The triangular pediment of the Trullo Sovrano in Piazza Sacramento, built by the family of the priest Cataldo Perta in 1744

The frieze above the front door of the Trullo Sovrano in Piazza Sacramento, depicting the scene of the Calvary with the Marys

The archway separating the oldest rooms of the Trullo Sovrano and some terracotta ‘capasoni’ where wine was stored

An old crucifix hanging on the wall and a brazier in the Trullo Sovrano

The wooden yoke in the Trullo Sovrano, used to have a cow pull the plough

The wooden loom located on the upper floor of the Trullo Sovrano, dating from 1850

The trapdoor, closed by an iron grate, where the grain was stored inside the Trullo Sovrano

The upper floor of the Trullo Sovrano, with access to the trapdoor and the loom in the background

The Trullo Sovrano’s secondary kitchen, featuring typical local produce

The kitchen at Trullo Sovrano, situated on the upper floor, with its two wooden and straw chairs and the fireplace

The fireplace and country-style cuisine at Trullo Sovrano

Antique washbasin with jug in the bedroom of the Trullo Sovrano

The bedroom, situated on the upper floor of the Trullo Sovrano

The white, triangular façade of the Trullo Sovrano in Piazza Sacramento

The window to the left of the façade of the Trullo Sovrano in Piazza Sacramento

The two conical domes of the Trullo Sovrano in Piazza Sacramento

The Trullo Sovrano, known as the Court of Pope Cataldo in Piazza Sacramento

The archway leading to the left-hand courtyard of the Trullo Sovrano in Piazza Sacramento

A white arch and the chimney of the Trullo Sovrano in Piazza Sacramento

The conical roof of a trullo and the pinnacle, consisting of three stacked stones, as seen from Piazza Sacramento

On the left is the Trullo Sovrano in Piazza Sacramento, built by an anonymous builder in the mid-18th century.

A group of trulli in the courtyard of Vico Carella

The stone trulli of Vico Carella

Two chimneys and the white spire of a trullo in Vico Olmo

The courtyard of a trullo house in Vico Olmo, with a staircase attached to the wall on the left

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