Alberobello BA

Houses and trulli with white façades in Vico Olmo

A trullo situated between Via Olmo (left) and Vico Olmo (right)

Some trulli houses along Via Chiesa Matrice, with the symbol of the cross on the conical roof of a trullo visible in the background on the left

The symbol of the Cross in Via Chiesa Matrice, painted on the roof of a trullo

Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the Annese photography studio

Monument to Monsignor Domenico Morea in Piazza Di Vagno

On the right is the monument to Monsignor Domenico Morea in Piazza Di Vagno, and on the left is the Minor Basilica of Saints Cosmas and Damian

On the left is Piazza Giacomo Matteotti and a chemist’s; on the right is Corso Vittorio Emanuele, with the Minor Basilica of the Holy Doctors in the background

The War Memorial in Piazza del Popolo (formerly Piazza della Vittoria), erected to mark the centenary of Alberobello’s liberation from the rule of the Counts of Conversano

The War Memorial, an 11-metre-high obelisk made of Trani stone in Piazza del Popolo, designed by the architect Antonio Curri in 1897

The Rione Monti district, comprising 1,030 trulli and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as seen from Largo Martellotta

Via Monte Nero, and on the left a street lamp with a primitive trullo

The chimney of a trullo in Via Monte Nero

The trulli and a street lamp on Via Monte Nero, seen against the light

On the right is Nicola’s Trullo bar, wine shop and patisserie on Via Monte Nero

Via Monte Nero and the distinctive conical roofs of the Trulli

On the right is the craftsman’s workshop, a trullo with a chimney, and painted on the roof is the symbol of the radiant host (JHS) in Via Monte San Marco

The conical roofs of some trulli in Via Monte San Marco; on the left is a painting of a radiant host bearing the inscription ‘Jhs’, meaning ‘Jesus’

Three inverted-cone-shaped trulli roofs with their terminal finials in Via Monte San Marco

A scarecrow with an ear of corn perched on top of a chimney in Via Monte San Marco

The roof of a trullo in Via Monte San Marco, home to the Trullidea shop, featuring the ‘Sole Cristo’ design

A little embroidery shop in a trullo on Via Monte San Gabriele

On the left, a bar and trattoria housed in a trullo on Via Monte San Gabriele

On the right, the conical roofs of the dry-stone trulli in Via Monte San Michele, with the bell tower of the Church of Santa Lucia in the background

Via Monte San Michele, one of the streets in the Monti district, which leads to the summit of the hill

The bar, restaurant and pizzeria “La locanda del Gallo”, set amongst the trulli in Via Monte San Michele

The garden of the restaurant “La locanda del Gallo” in Via Monte San Michele

Trulli converted into shops in Piazza d’Annunzio

Four trulli domes in Piazza d’Annunzio, and the symbol of the sun is painted on the third dome

On the left is Via Monte Pertica and on the right Via Monte Sabotino, which are flanked by numerous trulli

On the left, a trullo bearing the symbol of the ‘Pierced Heart of Mary’ in Piazza Gabriele d’Annunzio

On the left, a few trulli surrounded by climbing plants in Via Monte Pertica; the first trullo is decorated with a drawing of the ‘Sun’

A white spire atop the conical roof of a trullo in Via Monte Pertica

The sun, painted on the inverted conical dome of a trullo in Via Monte Pertica

The statue of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina in the garden of a trullo on Via Cadore

The façade of the trullo church of St Anthony of Padua in Via Monte Pertica, commissioned in 1927 by Don Antonio Lippolis

Stone altar in the Church of St Anthony of Padua

The statue of Saint Rita of Cascia in the Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, with an electric candlestick to the right

Adolfo Rollo’s mural depicting the Tree of Life and the large crucifix in the Church of St Anthony of Padua

The altar of St Anthony inside the church of the same name, surrounded by panels depicting his life

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