Through the white streets of Ostuni.
Walking through the streets of the historic center of Ostuni, the famous White City, every corner seems like a painting.
It will be the whitewash of the walls, it will be the narrow alleys, it will be the curved streets.
A spectacle for today's tourists, a need for the inhabitants of the past.
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The most peculiar feature of the historic center, which so fascinated tourists, was the whitewashing of the houses up to the roofs. The use, attested since the Middle Ages, derives, in addition to the easy availability of lime as a raw material, from the need to ensure the narrow streets and narrow spaces of medieval layout greater brightness, given by both direct and reflected light.
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Through the white streets of the town of Ostuni in Puglia – À travers les rues blanches de la ville d’Ostuni dans les Pouilles – Por las calles blancas de la ciudad de Ostuni en Puglia – Pelas ruas brancas da cidade de Ostuni na Puglia – Durch die weißen Straßen der Stadt Ostuni in Apulien – Qua những con đường trắng xóa của thị trấn Ostuni ở Puglia – 穿过普利亚大区奥斯图尼镇的白色街道 – プーリア州オストゥーニの町の白い通りを抜けて
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