(to be continued)
Bari, Italy Alberolello Cone-Shaped Houses
The story is that when the King at that time, gave the
land to a certain family, he said they could not build anything on the land.
Well, of course, that's no good. So it was decided in the family that the
buildings would not be permanent and could be easily torn down if the King's
inspector came. So they built the buildings out of stones from the area and
stacked them up without any mortar. They ended up being conical. People are not
living in them anymore because they are dark and hard to ventilate but are
using them as shops.