Trabucco
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Trabucco or Trabocco ( pronounced Trabokko in Italian , mostly referred to in the plural as Trabucchi or Trabocchi ) is a stilt house built for fishing on the Abruzzo coast of the Adriatic Sea . The German term is Fischergalgen or Fischwaage. The "Costa di Trabocchi", on which many of these fishermen's buildings can still be seen, lies between the cities of Pescara , Ortona , San Vito Chietino as well as Vasto and San Salvo . They are also found in Apulia on the Gargano peninsula .
purpose
The purpose of this construction is to lower a large rectangular net evenly horizontally and to pull it up again after a while. The trabucchi were built on particularly suitable coastal sections, in places where schools of fish pass by, benefiting from the ocean currents. The wood of sweet chestnuts , which is very durable, and robinia , whose resistance allows a load of up to 250 kg / cm², served as building material. Originally, all elements were only connected by cords, which guarantees the necessary mobility and durability of the construction. Nowadays, the trabucchi are reinforced with steel posts and rivets. There is no money for a historically correct restoration. The trabucchi are a form of fishing that is independent of adverse weather and sea conditions.
history
In the Middle Ages, farmers or shepherds built small raised stands out of wood and ropes on the coast above the water to catch fish with nets. The first structures were built from washed up materials in order to be able to cast throw nets well. A small platform is built on piles that are rammed into the ground in the water and fixed with ropes to the bank or other piles. More piles were erected on this platform in order to create a flexible but durable structure from taut ropes, which should hold and distribute the large sinker nets and the weight as they are pulled up. Various simple trial and error constructions were used depending on the nature of the coast and the depth of the water. Experiences from destruction by storms or waves show that rigid connections, fixed with nails or screws, could not replace the necessary mobility of a rope knot.
The first trabocco was built in San Vito Chietino in the 14th century. The builders were a French and a German.
present
Today there are only a few trabocchi left on the Adriatic coast, today in Pescara they largely consist of iron rods and a sturdy iron frame as a foundation on which a hut for fishing and / or overnight stays was set up. Some of the large trabocchi are now used as weekend houses or small fish restaurants. In Pescara it is observed more and more that they are being prey to the flames. They are protected on the Gargano, but according to statements from locals, only a few are in use and there is no one left who can build them.
Hidden on the steep coast near Ortona and Vasto, various filigree original wooden trabocchi with long thin rods have been preserved, which can only be reached via equally long, thin bridges.
a trabucco in Termoli
