Cave Dwellings

Enjoying viewing the cave doweling inside.

We visited a Purullena Cave Dowelling built in 1872. The owners lived here for three generations. The property tax paid to city about 1000 €.

Absolutely Fascinating!

This visit was not what I expected. Having heard of cave dwellings before, it is usually something that you might think would be from centuries ago, certainly not from modern cultures. However, the ca...

Some are still living in "caves" ...

... and they are very satisfied with their life. Although there are "normal" houses in Purullena as well, the interesting part of the town are the so called cave dwellings, houses which look ordinary ...

Mixed feelings

It is very interesting to see how the locals, known as the troglodytes, were living for hundreds of years. The owners are very nice people, proud of their house, passed in the family from generation ...

Environmental Friendly

Our first impression was of a normal town, typical streets, houses, shops and other commercial buildings. A closer look revealed that all is not as it seems, the rear of many houses had been dug into ...