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Travel Alberobello, Italy - Tour of the Conical Rooftops of Alberobello

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Take a tour of Rooftops of Alberobello in Italy -- part of the World's Greatest Attractions series by GeoBeats.

The conical roofs, or trulli, of Alberobello make the town look like a miniature mountain range.

This unique style of construction uses whitewashed unmortared stone and stacked rock roofs.

The trulli come from the 14th century, when some say they were created to evade taxes.

The true origin of the trulli is unknown, but we still have the remarkable structures.

Many of the larger buildings in Alberobello have multiple trulli on one roof.

Though the trulli are dome-shaped inside, they are formed into cones, often with small spires.

Some of the trulli have symbols, supposedly magical or perhaps pagan, drawn on the outsides.

The center of Alberobello has fairly typical buildings, but there are other trulli-dominated neighborhoods nearby.
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