In Alberobello atop a trullo's cone there is normally a hand-worked sandstone pinnacle ( pinnacolo ), that may be one of many designs-disk, ball, cone, bowl, polyhedron, or a combination thereof, and is supposed to be the signature of the stonemason who built the trullo.

In available historical records from the mid-14th century to the late 16th century, the area of Alberobello is referred to mostly as a selva ( i. e. " forest ") and occasionally as a land from which grazing animals were excluded.

Row of trullo houses in Monte Pertica street in Alberobello, Bari Province

The Trulli of Alberobello are part of the UNESCO World Heritage sites list since 1996.

Other tourist areas include Pizzo, Tropea, Palermo, and Alberobello.

Trulli may be found in and out of Alberobello, and in the areas around Locorotondo, Fasano, Ostuni, Cisternino, Martina Franca and Ceglie Messapica.

Model showing the typical construction technique of a trullo of Alberobello.

In Alberobello, the structural walls of a trullo are laid directly on the bedrock, after removal of the topsoil when necessary.

In Alberobello, groupings did not exceed two trulli as evidenced by 19th-century notarial deeds.

Additionally, the cone itself may have a symbol painted on it ( as shown in the picture of the trulli in Alberobello.

The quaint symbols which grace the trullo-like cones of bungalows at the Hotel dei Trulli in Alberobello first appeared in the late 1950s, when the hotel resort was built.

In a geographical map drawn by Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni in 1808, one can see the selva of Alberobello and, in the midst of it, a clearing with a settlement of scattered houses that bears a striking resemblance to the present-day urban pattern.

The urban trulli still extant in Alberobello today date from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

In late twentieth century, the Monti district in Alberobello was largely a derelict area when a local crafstsman, Guido Antionetta, came up with the idea of buying up a few dozen abandoned trulli, installed in them modern kitchenettes, a few pieces of wooden furniture and cast-iron bedframes with a view to renting them out as mini apartments for the night for less than rooms cost at local hotels.

And if I have gone into so much detail about so small a work, that is because it is also so typical a work, representing the germinal form of a conflict which remains essential in Mann's writing: the crude sketch of Piepsam contains, in its critical, destructive and self-destructive tendencies, much that is enlarged and illuminated in the figures of, for instance, Naphta and Leverkuhn.

The party is usually in a room small enough so that all guests are within sight and hearing of one another.

Even the officer in charge, be it a captain ( for small display ) or a general, is restrained by monitoring.

To perpetuate wealth control led by small groups of individuals who played no role in its creation prevents those with real initiative from coming to the fore, and is basically anti-democratic.

In this domain the simple fact of coexistence in the same local, national, and world community is enough to guarantee that we cannot refrain from having some effect, large or small, upon Gentile-Jewish relations.

I assume that the number of readers of this anthology who regard themselves as morally perfect is small, and that most readers are willing to consider procedures by which they may gain more insight into themselves and better understanding of others.

In a small way this is illustrated by the nineteenth-century novelist who argued for the powerful influence of literature as a teacher of society and who illustrated this with the way a girl learned to meet her lover, how to behave, how to think about this new experience, how to exercise restraint.

The Walnut Trees Of Altenburg is composed in the form of a triptych, with the two small side panels framing and enclosing the main central episode of the novel.

Starting with small stations not members of the National Association of Broadcasters, the firm apparently is seeking to break down the anti-liquor barriers in major-market stations.

The brush moves up and down and is small enough to clean every dental surface, including the back of the teeth.

The unit consists of a small motor that goes on as soon as it is plugged in.

In addition, it is small enough to get into crevices, jacket and crown margins, malposed anteriors, and the back teeth.

Since appeals to morality, to humanity, and to sanity have had such small effect, perhaps our last recourse is the deterrent example.

Our complaint is that in many crucial areas the Kennedy programs are not too large but too small, most seriously in regard to the conventional arms build-up and in aid and welfare measures.

The fact that China ( which is obsessed by Formosa -- to Khrushchev a very small matter ) should be supported by North Korea and North Vietnam is highly indicative.

I have observed that being up on a horse changes the whole character of a man, and when a very small man is up on a saddle, he'd like as not prefer to eat his meals there.

To Abel: `` I am afraid there is not much to amuse small children here.

The property sales assistance program is designed to assist small business concerns that may wish to buy property offered for sale by the Federal Government.

When suitable equipment is located by the SBA representative, the small business concern is contacted and advised on when, where, and how to bid on such property.

It is kept in each Regional office for the small firms within the region.

Purpose of this inventory is to include all eligible productive facilities in SBA's facilities register so that the small business concerns may have an opportunity to avail themselves of the services authorized by the Congress in establishing the Small Business Administration.

He is a Craig's wife who agonizes about tobacco ash on the living room rug and he is a forgetful genius who goes boating with the town baker when dignitaries from the local university have come to call.

This land is in various stages of development in several locations throughout the town.

If they are to be commended for foresight in their planning, what then is the judgment of a town council that compounds this problem during the planning stage??

The `` fruitful course '' of metropolitanization that you recommend is currently practiced by the town of East Greenwich and had its inception long before we learned what it was called.

Rhode Island law specifies that all real estate is taxable in the town in which it is situated.

Although a similar situs for tangible property is mentioned in the statute, this is cancelled out by the provision that definite kinds of property `` and all other tangible property '' situated or being in any town is taxable where the property is situated.

The Smithfield tax assessor, in turn, claims the tax under the provision of law `` and all other tangible personal property situated or being in any town, in or upon any place of storage shall be taxed to such person in the town where said property is situated ''.

Eighteen voted for assessment by the town in which it is located and eleven preferred assessment by the town in which the owner resides.

To summarize, it may be said that there is no one prevailing practice in Rhode Island with respect to the taxation of movable property, that assessors would like to see an improvement, and of those who have an opinion, that assessment by the town of location is preferred on the basis of their present knowledge.

It should be kept in mind that the ease or difficulty with which a town or city can convert to the proposed plan is directly dependent upon the financial condition of that town or city.

Another spot with an image-provoking name is the Black Hills where you can visit the old frontier mining town of Deadwood.

Rich in Christian and Moslem art, Istanbul is today a fascinating museum of East and West that recently became a seaside resort as well with the development of new beaches on the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara only a short distance from the center of town.

For example, the officials of Poughkeepsie town ( township ) where the project is located think highly of it because it simplifies their snow clearing problem.

Raymond Vernon reports that residents of East St. Louis have been driving across the Mississippi, through the heart of downtown St. Louis and out to the western suburbs for major shopping, simply because parking is easier at the big branches than it is in the heart of town.

Decide first what the place is worth to you and your family as a home in comparison with what it would cost to live in town.