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Dovecote Tower

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    Location: Cannole, Lecce, Apulia, Italy

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    January 3, 2021

    Mountain biking

    The dovecote tower was used in different eras for the breeding of pigeons, often cylindrical in shape but it is also possible to see it in different shapes.
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    December 12, 2020

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    Here we are in front of a cylindrical tower-shaped building, which was used to house the doves, which, reared with great care, represented an important slice of the rural economy. …

    April 18, 2021

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    The dovecote tower is a typical construction of the rural landscape since the Middle Ages, linked in particular to the feudal regimes, which used the breeding of pigeons for different purposes, such as agriculture and in particular the fertilization of the land, hunting, power supply or for protection purposes.
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