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    Architectural and Agricultural Commonalities Between the Pennsylvania Amish and Bari, Italy's Locorotonda

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    In a paper consisting of five pages these diverse groups are discussed in terms of similarities and differences. There are two bibliographic sources cited.

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    similarities. This discussion will examine two diverse groups of people and find that a connection to the land through architecture, and the unique buildings they put on the land,  has kept two groups, miles apart in a similar comparison circle. First we shall consider the residents of Locorontonda, Bari Provence, in the boot-heel of Italy. Then we  shall look at the Amish of Pennsylvania Bibliography lists 2 sources. BBitamsh.doc AGRICULTURAL & ARCHITECTURAL: Commonalities of Locorotonda, Bari, Italy & the Amish of Pennsylvania Written by B.  Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., Janaury 2001 Introduction It is easy to look at differences, whether they are between people or trees. It is more challenging  to look for the elements that could be shared. Or we might also search for similar factors, or basic conditions that prompt the similarities. This discussion will examine  two diverse groups of people and find that a connection to the land through architecture, and the unique buildings they put on the land, has kept two groups, miles apart  in a similar comparison circle. First we shall consider the residents of Locorontonda, Bari Provence, in the boot-heel of Italy. Then we shall look at the Amish of  Pennsylvania. Locorotonda Agriculture: Galt (1995) tells us that Locorotonda is a rural village that is part of an unusual, intensive agricultural system, on the plateau called the Murgia dei  Trulli, of the Italian Region of Apulia. When we think of the word "rural," on an international scale we are prompted to think poor or impoverished. Yet in  this particular area, such is not the case, the efforts of the people, in what might be termed a "peasant lifestyle," have remained self-sufficient, and actually improved their quality of 

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