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In this typical Sardinian house ( Lu Stazzu ) we prepare the roast meat: the word "stazzu", derived from the latin "statio", station, means farm, including the house of the farmer. In Arzachena and in the whole Gallura, the territory is rich in these particular houses. They are little pieces of work of what we call spontaneous architecture. Usually they don't stand out against the landscape. It's difficult to notice them. Their environmental impact is similar to the one of dry walls, another fundamental element of the geography in Gallura. They are traces of the way in which man has become part of the nature. But the "stazzi" have also other characteristics. They are not just economic organizations standing on their own. They are part of a group that people in Gallura call "cussoghja", a geographical and social entity where a certain number of stazzi is characterized by peculiar moral links like the "manialia". During the agrarian cycle or in particular occasion like the threshing, the vintage or the building of a fence, all the neigh-bours of a farmer offer their help freely. Another of these links is the "punitura". According to this habit a shepherd who has lost his sheep or his cattle for a stealing or for other reason ; is given by each one his neighbours a sheep or a cow. How to contact us Telefono 0789/82711 - 83537 fax 0789/82711 indirizzo postale strada Prov.le Porto Cervo - Arzachena di fronte al bivio per baja Sardinia 07021 ARZACHENA ( SS ) ITALIA
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