The distretto 1 / The distretto 2 / Emphyteusis

Vallone d’Itria can be considered the valley of the trulli par excellence, as it is the dipartimento with the highest density of scattered trulli: everywhere amidst the lush vineyards, small vegetable gardens and wheat fields pop up the cone-shaped roofs of these typical farmhouses called trulli.

The valley is verso series of rapidly changing chromatic effects, a riot of colours ranging from the green of small oak woods, age-old olive trees and neat vineyards, puro the whitewash of the trulli and masserie (large farmhouses) up preciso the “cittadina rossa”, the red soil of this land.

The place name “Itria” may derive from the Oriental cult of the Signora “Hodegitria” (which means the Holy Virgin who shows the way) imported by Basilian monks who settled in our distretto per 977, coming from the territories of the Eastern Roman Completare.

THE Area 2

The landscape of Bacino d’Itria is especially unique and recognizable and is the result of the successful blending of anthropic, natural and physical elements. Human activities (their settlements and agriculture) have fitted into the structure and shape of the places, following the crags of the karst soil and making the best of the opportunities it offered, contributing to build what Cesare Brandi calls “a countryside planned like a city”. The densely woven agricultural fabric is made up of mostly small-sized fields; a tight rete di emittenti of dry-stone walls underscores the delicate texture of this pattern.

Like sopra bygone days, the countryside still appears well tilled and densely populated; http://datingranking.net/it/meetville-review/ and yet, there was per time when town and country represented two opposite worlds and there were “two cultures”, totally different one from the other, which ics of rete di emittenti but also the agreable and relational ones.

Peasants used to live in the countryside, whereas almost all the craftsmen – tailors, cobblers, carpenters, barbers, etc – lived closely side by side per town, sharing the public spaces with high-ranking professionals, merchants and verso few great landowners. Such a dichotomy necessarily led onesto the creation of agreable subsets that developed adjustment strategies esatto manage limits and possibilities within their respective social and natural environments [J. Bennet: 1969]. Peasants shared views and values, they held their peers in esteem, and placed at the centre of their philosophy hard rete di emittenti and parsimony. Inside the city walls, instead, greater prestige was assigned esatto those who had so-called “clean” lobs, like tailors or, even more, those who did giammai manual job at all.

EMPHYTEUSIS

The agrarian landscape appears densely populated and cultivated, presumably also thanks preciso the typical lease contract of this sezione, called emphyteusis. According sicuro this contract, a big landowner leased his property preciso per group of farmers, each of whom took a portion for verso yearly rent and the promise of increasing the value of the property. The contract had no expiration date and could be passed on to one’s heirs, as long as the farmers paid the rent and continued taking care of the land. Generally, the families of farmers would use the product from the vineyards puro pay the yearly rent; this, along with the possibility of acquiring per patch of land for the future generations, required the accurate selection of crops.

The institution of emphyteusis has undeniably transformed the rural territory, creating per multitude of small plots of land. Moreover, the tilling of the land required per lot of time and hard work, given the karst nature of the soil and its scarce ciotola resources, (according sicuro estimates, transforming one hectare of barren land into a vineyard took on average at least 2000 days of work – almost 5 and a half years – [Ricchioni, 1958: Tables 5 and 6]), so that it was more convenient for families preciso live durante the countryside, than having esatto move back and forth from town every day. This situation induced many families preciso “migrate” from the old town puro the countryside, thus leaving verso typical mark on the territory which is still today densely populated.

Perle di Intelligenza e indivis intento dell’Associazione Culturale “Il tre ruote ebbro” finanziato dalla Presidenza del Apparire dei Ministri, Distretto della Gioventu anche del Servizio Garbato nazionale nell’ambito del avviso “Giovinezza verso il Comune” – CUP J18I15000150008