Peculiar Puglia

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Originally Posted by BigV

I get the heebeejeebees just thinking about the tons of rocks "resting" over my head. I guess these people never heard of earthquakes, eh?

It's not quite as bad as you think. The interior blocks are larger and like cubes, so the inside is kind of like an igloo, and then these loose rocks are stacked over that "igloo" style structure to shed the rain. Yes, it is dry stacked, and earthquakes are pretty damn powerful, but it's not like these are the loose rocks they seem to be.

Here's a picture of one that was being taken apart for renovations and it collapsed as it was being taken apart. You can see how it's built.