Corbelles domes of Apulia

Dry-stone corbelled dome constructions of major importance are present all around the Apulia region (southern Italy), showing different features and shapes in close rapport with the diverse characteristics of local building materials and with the production and environmental context. The generic name for this type of construction is “trullo”, which refers to the most common type in the Itria Valley, while in the rest of the region the corbelled dome buildings have a variety of local names:pagliariu, capanna, casedda, pajaru, trullo, furniedoi, pajara, chipuro, specchia.