When in 2015 i moved to South it wasn’t simple to wade trough public offices, paperworks, stamps, construction companies and quotes. This happened because i was an architect at the beginning! Here, in the province of Lecce starts my travel discovering the Architecture of Salento (apulian architecture). Starting exaclty from the Renovation of my farmhouse. Thanks to Fabio who helped…
Chianca leccese…a cult element of a Salento terrace!
“Chianca” in Salento is a slab of Apulian limestone. Its characteristics of waterproofness and excellent resistance to wear and tear, have made this stone the queen of the roofs of Salento houses. Largerly used on the top for the solar roof, the so-called “chiancatu”, the chianca has become the preferred material for the flat typical roofs of Lecce area since the early 1900s. The chianca, thanks to its durability and…
