           National Geographic Photo of the Day: Rooftop View

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Alberobello, Italy, 1979 Photograph by O. Louis Mazzatenta An aerial
view shows the famous cone-shaped, limestone-slab roofs of Alberobello,
Italy.

The peculiar rooflines of these cottages, called trulli, help move
rainwater to aquifers, and their extremely thick, stuccoed walls help
keep the homes cool. Earlier trulli were built without stucco,
supposedly to allow residents to dismantle them easily when tax
collectors approached and avoid property taxes.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down the Ancient
Appian Way," June 1981, National Geographic magazine)    RELATED
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