Stop 6: Mushroom House Alberobello

Alberobello Bari Province "Alberobello" means "beautiful tree" in Italian. It is world-famous for its trullo architecture in the city and was listed by UNESCO in 1996. For world cultural heritage. These spire houses, called Trullo, are made of stone blocks, with walls painted white with lime and roofs made of gray flat stones piled into a cone shape. It is said that they were built by locals to evade taxes, and the roofs were removed when taxes were collected. It means that no one lives here; there are now more than 1,000 preserved in the entire town; there is usually a decorative sign on the top of the Trullo, some of which are the initials of the builder, and some mysterious and religious symbols are painted on the dome, and another A common symbol is a cross inscribed with SCSD, representing the twin Arab saints revered in the Mediterranean region. The largest church in Alberobello, the Chiesa di Sant’Antonio (Chiesa di Sant’Antonio), is a Greek cross church built entirely from trullo. It is unique among its kind and was built in 1927. It is worth seeing.