Untitled document The Count of Conversano
Andrea Matteo Acquaviva of Aragon III gave live to Alberobello. The Count had drained some fields and he obliged some families, that lived in the feud Noci, to work the fields. These families paid a tax equivalent to the 10% of the harvest. , his successor, gave rise to a phase of urbanization in the area, he used as a building The Count
Giangirolamo II material the calcareous rocks that were present in the territory and, in this way, the farmers built the famous trulli. Their proliferation is based on the possibility of building dry-stone walls without mortar therefore they were easy to destroy. In this way the Count saved the money of the tax on the houses imposed by the Baron to the Regia Corte. The King
Ferdinand IV of Bourbon elected Alberobello Regia town and, in this way, he wrote off the obligation of feudal taxation that exploited the farmers. The charming town of Alberobello rises on two hills, the eastern hill hosts the modern city while the Western Hill hosts an original and unique architectural tradition, that is characterized by the famous Trulli. The farmers thought to build their houses in the pratical way, therefore they used the round shape with the roof formed as the dome with a pinnacle as decorative element. Some experts assign their origin to magic symbols while in the other experts’ opinion this symbols are desired by King.
