In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Could be I've got the wrong name but was thinking of those fishing platforms on stilts!!
Would be grateful to have my ignorance corrected and any info you may have :smile:
Jackie
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Yes they are called TRABOCCHI and can be found along the Abruzzo coast at San Vito Marina for example. They are fishing devices hanging from wooden piles. Used to catch mullet and seabass in winter. Few trabocchi are still in operation and they now protected for posterity.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
You may well have seen food being eaten on them - found this blog from 2007
June 11, 2007
Fishing on stilts
Trabocchi
Wooden structures on stilts precariously perched above water always gave me a vision of a tropical area in the Far East, something you would see in a travel brochure or documentary show. These however are on the coast of southern Abruzzo.
Trabocchi are fishing platforms that have been used since the fifteenth century in an area they call Costa dei Trabocchi. They are suspended over deep water and accessed by walkways that look like they would require a prayer before crossing. There are long poles, resembling antennae, that stretch out over the water which they attach netsto be lowered into the sea. They resemble a huge crab entering the Adriatic Sea.
We have never seen these listed in any English language guide for Abruzzo, and finding a good book in English for this area can be difficult. I saw these mentioned briefly in an Italian guide for the region and recently we received a notice from Slow Food Abruzzo ([url]www.calenta.com[/url]) that they will be having a series of dinners hosted on some of the trabocchi. We recently made the hour and a half drive down the A14 to see these for ourselves and they are certainly a unique site to see..
Hope this helps.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Map of the 'Trabocchi Coast' - just in case anyone is interested.
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
You will still find working trabocchi in Puglia - especially on the Gargano - and also in Marche, as well as Abruzzo. If you don't know what they look like, here is one...
[IMG]http://www.vastosansalvo.it/public/vs/userimg/Trabocco_tufano.jpg[/IMG]
You can see the net that is lowered into the sea to catch fish. Up here, in Lombardy, you will come across many river fishermen using a small version hanging from the end of a fishing rod to catch fish - so long as no one is watching...
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
I have never seen a trabocchi in Marche but there are a bunch between Pescara and Vasto in Abruzzo, many along rocky beaches. Some can be hard to locate as they are hidden down below the cliffs where the ss16 runs. We ate on one last summer with a Slow Food program and was very interesting. I have a blog entry about[URL="http://2italy.blogspot.com/2007/06/fishing-on-stilts.html"] trabocchi [/URL].
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
Trabocchi in Senigallia, Le Marche:
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In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
i guess they might be stiled a more modern version... but you can see them at giulianova port... often with engines to lower and raise them...what is still the rustic part of them to my mind is the huts where the fishermen spend their days, playing cards, eating....fish of course... and generally very good wine available...
we knew someone that introduced us to a fisherman on one of these... however from wandering about especially out of tourist season... they all seem to have plenty of time to chat and often a snack and drink is simply offered... in return for conversation and interest
In reply to A newbie all over again! by Annec
[QUOTE=Nardini;95866]You will still find working trabocchi in Puglia - especially on the Gargano - and also in Marche, as well as Abruzzo. If you don't know what they look like, here is one...
Amazing picture, thanks!
Please can someone tell me what a trabacchi is. Cheers