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Location: Cannole, Lecce, Apulia, Italy

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1. Dovecote Tower – Torcito Pine Forest loop from Giurdignano

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2. Torcito Pine Forest – Dovecote Tower loop from Cannole

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3. Dovecote Tower – Torcito Pine Forest loop from Martano

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03:24

270m

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Roberto Nuzzo

January 3, 2021

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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Cris

December 12, 2020

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. Above, a cord to prevent access by voracious rodents and reptiles. The breeding of pigeons was a common practice for the supply of food, eggs, as well as to find useful material for the fertilization of the fields, etc. As for the meat of these birds it can be said that it had a high nutritional value. It was also a dish usually used by nobles in weddings and banquets of a certain value. All these considerations explain the great diffusion of dovecote towers in the Salento countryside, to date 200 have been registered. Adjacent to the tower we find a disused quarry of tuff stone

Fabrizio Colazzo 🔅

April 18, 2021

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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Location: Cannole, Lecce, Apulia, Italy

Dovecote Tower

1. Dovecote Tower – Torcito Pine Forest loop from Giurdignano

2. Torcito Pine Forest – Dovecote Tower loop from Cannole

3. Dovecote Tower – Torcito Pine Forest loop from Martano

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