The stonemason's portal in Ostuni.
The famous White City of Ostuni also serves some splendid sculpted portals.
One of these, the guide told us, is the one that according to legend was the portal of the workshop of a stonemason who, for marketing purposes as we would say today (or for pride) wanted to have the most beautiful work in the city.
Now there is no longer the workshop but a restaurant.

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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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