The pajare or furneddhri are rural constructions built with the dry stone wall technique, typical of the Apulian landscape, but especially of Salento.
These are buildings similar to trulli but with a square or round plan and without an upper dome. Usually the roof is covered with straw (in reality they are bundles of esparto, that is, the grass with resistant fibers typical of the Mediterranean area) and hence the name Pajara. Usually the pajare are found isolated and lost in the countryside, or joined in groups of two or three to form more complex buildings.
Other names used are truddhu, ruddo, turri, furnieddhu, furnu, chipuru, calvari, liama.
Almost all pajare have an external ladder that allows access to the roof for maintenance.
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