The Fogge di Traversa

Welcome to the Fogge di Traversa, one of the most unusual and little-known places in the Alberobello countryside. This is not a monument created to impress visitors, nor a square designed for public gatherings.

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   Following the path of water

   Welcome to the Fogge di Traversa, one of the most unusual and little-known places in the Alberobello countryside. This is not a monument created to impress visitors, nor a square designed for public gatherings. Instead, it is a quiet rural landscape filled with memory and history. The Fogge di Traversa tell an ancient story: the story of water, land, and rural ingenuity. In a karst environment such as Alberobello's, where water often disappears beneath layers of limestone, every collection system became invaluable. The Fogge were cisterns, reservoirs, and water-storage structures designed to gather and preserve rainwater. In the local dialect of Alberobello, these traditional cisterns were known precisely as Fogge.

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   The location: between Alberobello and Noci

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   What are the Fogge?

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   Nature and biodiversity

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