Alberobello soil, inserting peasants to them subjects. (on this fundamental interpretation See "the Annals of Faculty of Agriculture", vol. 12, Laterza, 1958: 350).
Despite the prohibition on building houses using lime to 'cement' the stone together, the forest was inhabited thanks also to the concessions of the Count of Conversano, that in 1609, following a request from a group of families, erected the first chapel-shine, to give the opportunity to honour the cult of religion to which the settlers were fervently devoted. Of great importance to the development of the very first Alberobello was Count Gian Girolamo II Acquaviva, said the “Guercio di Puglia”. He more than other contributed to the increase of the so-called "casedde" and of population. The concessions of Guercio di Puglia, the consequent enlargement of the forest and its vital development, attracted the interests of all feudal neighbours lords, who formed an alliance in asking the King to regulate the development of the forest and respect of the Pragmatic law. Subsequently, and providing for the inspection, the Count demolished in a single night all the “casedde” and then rebuild them immediately after the visit of the Royal Inspector.
From the 18th century, however, things changed radically, and the inhabitants of Alberobello gained by King Ferdinand IV (1751-1825) the privilege to be able to build their houses; in this way the city was subtracted to feudal servitude, becoming a Royal City
