Traditional Italian buildings

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Italy is famous for its traditional homes, with a huge variety to be found up and down the country. One such type of property is the trullo, a circular, pyramid-shaped building found mainly in the Itria Valley, located between the provinces of Brindisi, Bari and Taranto.

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On the small Italian island of Pantelleria, midway between Sicily and Tunisia, small stone constructions dot the landscape. They are a type of property unique to the island (though there are also some on nearby Lampedusa), traditional stone buildings that have stood for far longer than a millenium.

Villa Ginori, this week's property, is located in the Migliarino-San Rossore-Massaciuccoli Natural Park, in Versilia.

The first thing you may be asking is, what are trulli houses in Italy? A trullo (known as trulli in the plural form) is a traditional Apulian hut made of limestone and with a conical roof.

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Once upon a time in southern Italy, specifically in Puglia in Salento, the masserie houses were a type of large, fortified farm owned by aristocrats and the local upper-middle Apulian classes. Today, these farmhouses in the Apulia region have become luxury properties and charming historical residen

In Italy, there are many types of typical properties, from the baite to the cascine, passing through the traditional houses of Apulia like the trulli or the masserie.