The most representative and important site where you kind find the Trullo (Limestone) is Alberobello city, known as the capital city of the Trullis just because its historical centre is composed of 1500 Trulli constructions. The old village is subdivide on two small districts, Monti where you will see about 1300 of the trulli and in Aia Piccola about 400 trulli. The city was declared in 1930 national monument and in 1996 they have also become part of UNESCO World Heritage.

Alberobello was founded in the XV Century by Acquaviva Counts of Conversano. Its name is derived from the Latin words Silva Arboris Belli (the war-tree forest).

The visit to the old dwelling starting from the Monti District where you can find the little streets and stairs ways where you see the craftsmen’s workshops all around working on prototypes of Trulli made of stone, wood carving, polychrome fabrics and ceramics hand painted. Among the trullis stand up the Trullo Siamese and the Sant’ Antonio Church Trullo that has a Greek cross shape. Walking through its streets you can find this mysterious place full of local colour combined with holy and secular characters (stars, crosses, astral designs) on top of the domes then arrived to the Aia Piccola District where almost all the trullis are used as homes.

On eastern  direction where is the new site of the city you can go and visit the Trullo Sovrano (Sovereign Trullo) made on the second half of the XVIII century; the Casa d’Amore (House of Love), which is the first structure made with lime and bolus; the Sanctuary with a neoclassic style dedicated to two saints Cosma and Damiano the city guardians.