Trabucco

Trabucco in Fossacesia, Abruzzo
Overflow near Marina San Vito Chietino, in the Abruzzo Trabocchi Coast

The trabucco (Italian: [traˈbukko]), known in some southern dialects as trabocco or travocc,[1] is an ancient fishing machine typical of the Adriatic shores of Abruzzo — famously dubbed the Costa dei Trabocchi ( Trabocchi Coast ) and the Gargano coast, where they are preserved as historical monuments within the Gargano National Park. These distinctive structures are prevalent along the southern Adriatic coastline, particularly in the Italian provinces of Chieti, Campobasso, and Foggia. Trabucchi can also be found on select parts of the southern Tyrrhenian Sea coast.

  1. ^ Original meaning is "trap" or "deep trap", then the term was applied to high military wooden construction ("trebuchet") and, over several centuries, was used in the Middle Ages to besiege rivals fortresses. See: Ottavio Lurati, Toponimi e Géologia, in Semantic, XXIX, Number 2, December 2008, 446.