At the end of the XIX century, the matter Walnut-trees demaniale saw opposed the citizens that vindicated the civic uses of the demanio and the families of the noble that tried to appropriate some same grounds. The c.da Bonelli, in whose tall part is situated the zone of Mastromarco, was one of the zones Nocesi not usurped by the dawning middle class. The commune of Walnut-trees effected on the same one the parcellizazione and the assignment of the earth to agricultural workers "needy". Her bills, mole constituted, vulgarly calls "you depart", they had an extension of 0.8 hectares (1 tomolo) and you/they have represented a virtuous example of agrarian microeconomics.
On these land piece of ground the residences were built (trulli and lamie) for the well numerous country family and for the few possessed beasts. The fruit trees were planted and prepared the gardens, at times it was equipped us with beehive and it was planted around the murettis to dry that delimited the game a row of vineyard.
Other endowments of the small agricultural unity were threshing floor, cisterns and often a trulletto with enclosure that served for the breeding of the pig.
The everything was enough to the survival of the nucleus famigliare that to the necessity it integrated the income with some wage job near farms of the zone.
In this economic sour context the actual Abode Mastromarco also rose.

Sebastiano Tinelli

Dimora Mastromarco Bed And Breakfast

We show you the birth of the Trulli of the dwelling mastromarco, the master work in the living stone as it was hundreds of years ago. Good vision