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Comune di Alberobello
Coat of arms of Comune di Alberobello
Municipal coat of arms

Location of Alberobello in Italy
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Puglia
Province Bari (BA)
Elevation 416 m (1,365 ft)
Area 40 km² (15 sq mi)
Population (as of 31-12-04)
 - Total 10,930
 - Density 273/km² (707/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 40°47′0″N, 17°14′0″E
Gentilic Alberobellesi - Selvesi
Dialing code 080
Postal code 70011
Frazioni Coreggia
Patron Saints Cosmas and Damian
 - Day 27 September
Website: http://www.comune.alberobello.ba.it/
The Trulli of Alberobello*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
State Party Flag of Italy Italy
Type Cultural
Criteria iii, iv, v
Reference 787
Region Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription 1996  (20th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List.
Region as classified by UNESCO.

Alberobello is a small town and comune in the province of Bari, in Puglia, Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Apulia ( Italian: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east the Ionian Sea In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Bari (Provincia di Bari is a province in the Apulia (or Puglia region of Italy. Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Here are a list of area codes in Italy. All numbers here begin with the country code (0039 A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a Comune; for other Administrative Saints Cosmas and Damian (Κοσμάς και Δαμιανός (died ca Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex As of 2008 there are a total of 878 World Heritage Sites located in 145 "State Parties" Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. Asia Minor, Cyprus, all of the Aegean Islands, the Canaries A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic Administrative division of both provinces and regions and may be properly approximated in Bari ( Barium in Latin, Bàrion or Vàrion in Greek, Bare in Neapolitan Apulia ( Italian: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east the Ionian Sea Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest It has about 11,000 inhabitants and is famous for trulli constructions. A trullo (plural trulli) is a traditional Apulian stone dwelling with a conical roof

The roofs of Alberobello's trulli

External links

Official and general sites


Tourist sites and photo galleries

Image:Alberobello Trulli Houses 2005.jpg



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