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What makes Alberobello one of the most important tourist destinations in southern Italy, and Puglia, are its Trullos.
These are white cylindrical buildings with ceilings shaped like a stone cone. These houses make it look like a fairytale town and have incredible places. It is listed as world heritage by UNESCO.
The town is very small and can be traveled in a few hours. It is best to walk quietly and go through the two neighborhoods of trullos: the Rione Monti and the Rione Aia Piccola.
There are private homes, but most have been converted into souvenir shops, restaurants, hotels and can be visited without consuming or buying anything. There are several that have incredible viewpoints to see the sunsets.
There are many special teals to see, such as the Sovrano which is the largest teal, the Siamese teal or the church teal.
El Trullo is a house built with limestone walls and a cone-shaped roof. It is a type of architecture typical of the region that can be found scattered in the fields and some villages. Most of the trullos in Puglia are used as deposits for olives.
It is connected with these houses. During the Middle Ages, Count Acquaviva forced the peasants to clean the land and cultivate the land.
To avoid taxes it was necessary that Alberobello did not appear as an inhabited center, so people began to build Trullos, which could be quickly dismantled if needed.
The Trullos were generally built without using mortar and because of the great thickness of their walls the structure remains firm and the internal temperature is pleasant both in summer and winter.
The roof is a cone-shaped dome with a decorative needle in the tip. The ceilings are decorated with symbolic paintings with religious significance.
The interior is very simple, it consists of a main hall in the center and in some cases with small curved bedrooms.
The most picturesque areas of Alberobello are those made up of Trullos, more than a thousand of them. One of these areas is Rione Monti, which consists of small narrow streets.
It is a very striking area and offers many attractive points in sight.
The people in Rione Monti are very friendly and their vendors will try to show you their crafts, ceramics, snowballs with teal inside, terracotta whistles, and other souvenir augers.
Many of the Trullos de Rione Monti are small bars and restaurants where you can taste exquisite local wines accompanied by local cheeses, cold meats and olives. Some of these places have terraces where you can admire the panorama of the town from above.
The Sovrano Trullo, built over 200 years ago, is also worth a visit. It is the only Trullo built on two floors, and is considered the best teal. It is here where perfection in construction of this type of architecture was achieved.
It was declared a National Monument in 1923, and today it is a museum where you can admire its technical construction and decorations.
The other interesting area to meet in Alberobello is that of Aia Piccola. It is as picturesque as Rione Monti, but less visited, and therefore, quieter. It is a residential area of quiet streets and full of trullos.
Another place that we must see is the Basilica dei Santi Medici Cosma e Damiano, the largest church in Alberobello, which is located in the heart of the city, surrounded by buildings of recent construction and trullos.
Among the museums of Italy that you can visit, we can mention the Museum of the Territory, which is inside a set of trullos and contains different pieces of work and ancient works of art.
It also contains two rooms where life is recreated within a trullo during the medieval period.
Other interesting museums to visit are the Olive Oil Museum, the Wine Museum and the Museum of Handicrafts.
There are charming hotels, charming hotels and owners who fall in love. We can opt for a hotel or apartment, but a good option is to sleep in a trullo.
The offer is not very wide and the prices are not very cheap but it is an experience that deserves to be lived.
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Albarracín is a small and unpopulated region, and still full of possibilities for tourism. It is one of the main destinations of Aragon (Spain).
Believe it or not, there are many things you can do in Albarracín and you will surely find more than one plan that fits your vacation. With such an impressive environment, Albarracín asks you to go exploring.
Albarracín is born from the same rock, splashing that giant boulder of bricks that look like red and gray meanders on which a castle and a wall stand proudly. It almost seems that the city rose to appear to be impenetrable.
The peculiarity of its elevation means that the best photograph of the memory can be taken from any point from outside the wall.
Inside Albarracín, the sobriety of centuries-old medieval houses draws alleyways of impossible, cobbled paths that once thundered at the passage of a horse and an enveloping silence that becomes mysterious when the day dies and the sun disappears.
Walking through the streets of Albarracín is to feel the breath of the centuries of history that the different dynasties have sculpted, from the House of the Lara to the very crown of Aragon.
Albarracín is possibly one of the most laureate towns for culture. It was the first city of Aragon declared a Monumental Complex, in 1961.
It is declared of Cultural Interest; He has received the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts and has been proposed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
In addition, these matters are taken very seriously: in Albarracín they have the tireless work of the Santa María de Albarracín Foundation, a non-profit organization that is responsible for the recovery of the heritage and rehabilitation of its treasures.
In Albarracín, we can enjoy the three things, something that gives us the hint of the greatness that the city had in the Middle Ages.
The cathedral stands on an ancient Romanesque temple of the twelfth century, under the watchful eye of a Renaissance tower that took advantage of Roman ashlars.
The castle, the only visitor to the region, was an old fortress modified with the conquest of the city by Christians in the thirteenth century and destroyed in the War of Succession.
The walls, as old as the city itself, retain with some visibility one of the three doors that initially guarded the fortress.
Those who have visited the place, recommend doing the Guadalaviar river route around the city of Albarracín.
Through a path where every ten steps it is necessary to take a photo, suddenly we can find hanging bridges that cross the orchards and old ferris wheels that used the force of water when electricity was something unthinkable.
It takes just an hour to travel it and, along with the walk through the walls, is the ideal plan to take a panoramic view of the trip.
Everything that surrounds Albarracín is a natural environment where lovers of the environment and outdoor sports can well feel in paradise.
Just three kilometers from the city are the Ródeno pine forests, a protected landscape from where many hiking trails are organized and where you can find caves with paintings of Levantine rock art.
Another spectacularly beautiful enclave is located in the Cascada del Molino de San Pedro, a waterfall of the Cabriel River that is a little hidden but worth finding.
One of the towers that is part of the magnificent fortification of Albarracín is the one called Torre de Doña Blanca. Around the tower, flutters one of the legends that has touched Albarricenses the most since the Middle Ages.
The Princess Dona Blanca, who belonged to the crown of Aragon and who was exiled for disputes with her sister-in-law, came to stay.
It is said that he died of grief in the tower and was buried there, but he never knew how to lift the secret.
It is said that full moon nights, the ghost of Doña Blanca appears in the vicinity of the tower, down to the river where her image fades.
Since 2010, the famous Albarracín cheese has been receiving awards since the World Cheese Awards.
The Sierra de Albarracín Cheese Factory last 2018 became the second most awarded cheese factory in Spain, with nothing more and nothing less than 12 medals.
Its cheeses, such as raw sheep’s milk, are characterized by a strong intensity, perfect for lovers of strong sensations.
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With an imposing architecture and more than 800 hectares of gardens, the Palace of Versailles combines history and culture and is one of the most visited places in France.
Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO for over thirty years, the Palace of Versailles is one of the best known palaces worldwide, not only for its imposing architecture and its endless and well-kept gardens, but because it constitutes an important part of The history of France.
Louis XIV was the first to transform and expand the hunting lodge of his father, Louis XIII, where he would install the Court and the government in 1682. From then until the arrival of the French Revolution, different monarchs were succeeding in the throne and continued to beautify the palace.
In 1661 the works for the creation of the Gardens of Versailles began, that would not be finished until forty years later.
The Palace of Versailles offers visitors an opportunity to appreciate the kind of life that some kings of France had in the Palace.
Bedrooms and other rooms are restored to their original state and invariably cause astonishment reactions among visitors, who realize the great luxury and exaggeration of royalty from past centuries.
Today, Versailles is a national palace where heads of state from other countries are received. In addition, it has several sections open to the public, which are a great tourist attraction in the region.
The most visited of the Palace of Versailles are the Hall of Mirrors, the Royal Chapel and the Opera House. However, the gardens are also a great attraction for most tourists.
Also known as «La Galerie des Glaces», this is perhaps the most famous room in the Palace of Versailles. It measures about 76 meters long and has 17 arched mirrors aligned with 17 windows overlooking the palace gardens.
The ceiling is decorated with paintings that tell several stories of Louis’s triumphs.
The Opera House is recognized, among many other things, for its perfect acoustics.
By the time, the Opera House was too big. The place takes place for 712 comfortably seated people.
An interesting aspect of the Opera House is that it has a mechanism that allows the auditorium floor to level with that of the stage in such a way that it becomes a huge room.
This is where Louis XIV listened to mass every day and where Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette married. The architecture of the Royal chapel is Gothic and Baroque at the same time and its columns are typical of 1700.
Louis XVI listened to the masses from a platform at the same level as the royal departments, only went down to the chapel for ceremonies or very important events.
The impressive Gardens of Versailles have an area of more than 800 hectares along which plants and all kinds of trees are spread, in addition to a large number of marble statues, ponds and fountains.
It is practically impossible to visit all the gardens, but there are different ways of trying, for example by renting a bicycle or an electric car, or with the little train that runs through the gardens.
The gardens of the Palace of Versailles offer a magnificent opportunity to relax while astonishing its visitors. Outside the Palace, on the left side watching from the facade, is the l’Orangerie.
This was where the king had his orange trees, he was the only person who could grow oranges in Paris. Louis had mobile orange trees that could be taken to greenhouses when the weather required it.
In the gardens of the Palace of Versailles is also the Grand Canal. This is a large artificial lake ordered to be built by the king.
On the Grand Canal used to navigate war galleys and other vessels, including Venetian gondolas which served for royalty to wander the lake.
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