Alberobello

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Coordinates: 40°47′N 17°16′E / 40.783°N 17.267°E / 40.783; 17.267

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

Location of Alberobello in Italy
Country Italy
Region Puglia
Province Bari (BA)
Elevation 416 m (1,365 ft)
Area 40 km² (15.4 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 / 40.78333°N 17.23333°E / 40.78333; 17.23333
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  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. It has about 11,000 inhabitants and is famous for its unique trulli constructions. The Trulli of Alberobello are part of the UNESCO World Heritage since 1996.

The roofs of Alberobello's trulli
Three of the most typical trulli

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Aeolian Islands · Alberobello · Amalfi Coast · Aquileia · Archaeological Area of Agrigento · Assisi · Barumini nuraghes · Botanical Garden, Padua · Caserta Palace, Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and San Leucio Complex · Castel del Monte · Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena · Cerveteri and Tarquinia · Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, Paestum and Velia, Certosa di Padula · Crespi d'Adda · The Dolomites · Ferrara · Florence · Genoa · Hadrian's Villa · Mantua and Sabbioneta · Matera · Naples · Piazza del Duomo, Pisa · Pienza · Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata · Portovenere, Cinque Terre (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, Riomaggiore), Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto · Ravenna · Residences of the Royal House of Savoy · Rhaetian Railway1 · Rock Drawings in Valcamonica · Rome2 · Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy · San Gimignano · Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan · Siena · Syracuse and Necropolis of Pantalica · Urbino · Val d'Orcia · Val di Noto (Caltagirone, Militello in Val di Catania, Catania, Modica, Noto, Palazzolo Acreide, Ragusa, Scicli) · Venice · Verona · Vicenza and Palladian Villas of the Veneto · Villa d'Este · Villa Romana del Casale
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