{"id":1657,"date":"2017-05-02T14:58:42","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T14:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salentodolcevita.com\/blog\/?p=1657"},"modified":"2019-01-15T15:08:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:08:54","slug":"dolce-cuore-di-pietra-masserie-in-pietra-e-calce-nel-salento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salentodolcevita.com\/blog\/en\/dolce-cuore-di-pietra-masserie-in-pietra-e-calce-nel-salento\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet stone heart: villas made in stone and lime in Salento"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Salento has a heart of stone that shows all the beauty and sweetness of a territory, together with its geophysical (before than geographical) history.<\/h1>\n

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The dry-stone walls spread throughout the countryside of the Salento peninsula draws almost imaginative borders between what is public and what is private, in immense open spaces where everything is shared.<\/p>\n

All landowners know and feel that their space is part of a landscape and that landscape also defines their identity, shared with others.<\/p>\n

This is the idea behind some villas and farms in Salento, with\u00a0stone walls, stone and lime interiors, surrounded by dry walls that are, more than limits, part of a panorama.<\/p>\n

Divergence lines between sea and sky<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Villa Adriatica – booking@salentodolcevita.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Villa Adriatica (Santa Maria di Leuca) is surrounded by dry stone walls that are nothing other than a border line breaking the whole chromatic color of the sky and the sea and outdoor pool with whirlpool corner.<\/p>\n

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Villa adriatica, trulli – booking@salentodolcevita.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The history of Salento’s private building is summed up in this noble complex composed of the main house and the trulli<\/em>,<\/strong><\/a> independent units where past and modernity are put together harmoniously.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Hot light and fresh temperature<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Villetta Lory – booking@salentodolcevita.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reflection of warm light and fresh temperature are the characteristics of Villetta Lory, immersed in a lush greenery of Mediterranean olive trees and scrub, which you\u2019ll breathe from every corner of the interior and from the\u00a0large outdoor garden.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The characteristic of the lightful stone and tuff houses of Salento is precisely this mixture between the heat and functional freshness in summer.<\/p>\n

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Villetta lory – booking@salentodolcevita.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Lime: less is more<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Another important element in the history of private construction and Salento furniture are lime and tuff; Often used to create furniture, niches and spaces that last for centuries, they are now being re-presented as creative and light-filled interior elements, as in Masseria Mezzaluna.<\/p>\n

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Masseria Mezzaluna – booking@salentodolcevita.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Immersed in the quiet of the Salento countryside (Maruggio), a few kilometers from the beautiful beaches of the Ionian Sea, among vineyards and ancient olive groves, the farm offers a classical reworking of the old peasant style, treasuring its functional secrets (humidity And temperature management, energy saving, space enhancement) and approaching smart ideas of modern design.<\/p>\n