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Trulli - or trullo when you’re talking about just one dwelling - were initially built to provide temporary field shelters and storehouses. Over time they also became permanent dwellings for agricultural families and labourers of smallholdings. The simple traditional lime whitewash that decorates the trulli’s exterior complements the local geology and pastoral landscapes. To protect against the elements and balance the temperature all year round, the trulli walls are incredibly thick, made up of a double skin filled with rubble. Similarly, the doorways and windows are small. These iconic rural dwellings began appearing as early as the 14th century, and their popularity originated because of a 15th century decree that made urban settlers pay taxes to the crown under feudal rule. If the king’s inspectors came collecting, the villagers could easily demolish these inexpensive buildings into a pile of stones and hide in the forest, and then rebuild them once they’d gone.

By the street artist Tommaso Resta, known as Tommy il Monello. The work, a clear sign of a new beginning, portrays two children embracing each other, giving each other energy and pure love. «We decided to make it happen - the comment of Mayor Borracci and Councilor Galante - with the hope of looking to the future with enthusiasm, soon putting this negative period linked to the pandemic behind us.

Monello ist a street artist from Puglia.

Two railway bridges (one current, one now uses as bicycle/pedestrian path) parallel to each other over the Gravina di Santa Lucia/Gravina Grande.

The original church, dedicated to the patron saint of Castellaneta Saint Nicholas, was built in the second half of the 11th century and renovated several times. In the 14th century it was rebuilt following the Apulian Romanesque style and dedicated to Our Lady of Assumption, while in the 17th and 18th century the new Baroque taste erased almost every trace of the original structure.

One of the most ancient churches in Castellaneta, it was founded with the name of Out Lady of Mercy in 1523. In 1542, the congregation of Santa Maria della Misericordia was established in the church. Its members, in addition to taking care of the building, had to run a hospital near the Porta Grande, the Main city gate. When the convent of the Capuchin Poor Clares was founded in 1647, the church was granted to the nuns.

functioning AQP fountain, near the Carmine church

functioning AQP fountain, near the Carmine church