Name: More than 1,600 trulli fill Alberobello, Italy — and their most surprising feature is what they don’t have: mortar. Built from local limestone stacked by hand, these cone-roofed houses could, according to local tradition, be dismantled and rebuilt — a clever way to avoid being counted as permanent taxable homes.
Uploaded: 2026-05-08T20:01:05.442Z
Duration: 29 s
Channel: Art Geometry
Description: More than 1,600 trulli fill Alberobello, Italy — and their most surprising feature is what they don’t have: mortar. Built from local limestone stacked by hand, these cone-roofed houses could, according to local tradition, be dismantled and rebuilt — a clever way to avoid being counted as permanent taxable homes.

More than 1,600 trulli fill Alberobello, Italy — and their most surprising feature is what they don’t have: mortar. Built from local limestone stacked by hand, these cone-roofed houses could, according to local tradition, be dismantled and rebuilt — a clever way to avoid being counted as permanent taxable homes.