OLD TIMES / NEW TIMES
• A Grundtvig Project • 2011-1-ES-GRU06-35128• 1st Mobility• PLACE: Grottaglie• DATES: (1st – 3rd) March 2011• PARTNERS: Italy, Poland, Spain, Germany, U.K.• Made by Spain
The trulli are typical constructions in the area of Grottaglie. In the past
they were houses and barns. Today modern houses have integrated
them to make nice cottages and in the quaint town of Alberobello, the tourism indutry have turned them
into shops.
A group of teachers and students from Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and the U.K. got together to witness the
change.
Alberobello. The town of the Trulli.
Once upon a time that’s how Alberobello looked like.
Alberobello. The market.
Symbols on the roof. Builders or atists? That’s how old italians decorated their houses
Now tourism has turned them into shops.
The trulli are all over the place. Down the road.
Making nice cottages in the countryside
Some of them with an attached garage
We were based in Martina Franca. A very nice town
The Programme included visits to other towns such as Locorotondo.
Michelle and Grazia were our guides in Lecce
Taranto where we visited the Aragonese Castell
The Aragonese Castell
We improved our language skills by chatting over lunch
Also at the masseria
The dances that we learned
And practiced at the highschool.