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IMG_1258 - The 1500 trulli houses in Alberobello today date from the 16th century to early 19th century.
IMG_1259 - Roof decorations were the stonemasons' trademarks.
IMG_1261 - Rain, washing lime from the whitewashed walls, became antibacterial and helped prevent disease.
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IMG_1264 - This area, especially nearby Locorotondo, is famous for lace produced by the ladies.
IMG_1267 - Up here on the hill, most houses are modernized and inhabited.
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IMG_1272 - Olive trees are constantly pruned, so they become very gnarly. They live for hundreds of years.
IMG_1273 - The ancient town meets the modern. Olive trees grow long roots to reach water deep in the limestone.
IMG_1275 - Builders sometimes adopted religious or mystic designs as their symbols.
IMG_1277 - Church of Sant'Antonio. At the top of Rione Monti, the more modern trulli district.