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In line with the objectives of Investment 2.2 “Protection and enhancement of architecture and rural landscape”, the “PNRR Rural Architecture” program has given impetus to a vast process of conservation of the island's historic building heritage. The goal is to protect not only the buildings, but the entire rural landscape, counteracting decades of abandonment, degradation and alterations that had compromised their typology and identity value.
The rural buildings subject to the interventions were largely built between the end of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century and represent a fundamental chapter in the economic and social history of post-unitary Sardinia. Among the types subject to restoration are barns, animal shelters, stables, wells, cuiles and pinnettos, distributed in numerous municipalities (including Aglientu, Carbonia, Villacidro, Guspini, Masainas, Lula, Stintino, Perfugas, Telti, Arbus, Osidda, Villanova Monteleone, Trinità d'Agultu, Sassari, Dorgali, Orani, Nuoro, Capoterra and Alghero).
Pinnettos and Cuiles
The Pinnettos are circular huts with an archaic flavor, almost prehistoric, built of stone and covered with branches, distributed in relation to the pasture areas. Alternatively, you can find pins built entirely of stone, arranged in layers without binder. Alongside these temporary residences are the work spaces, where the flocks are kept and the few tools are kept.
This is the practice of transhumant shepherding so common in Sardinia, that it has involved the creation of housing that are simple and easy to build. In fact, the building materials used are simple, crude and immediately available on site.
The height of the entire structure could reach 3 or 4 meters. It served as a temporary shelter for shepherds to move flocks and characterized the landscape of many places in central and northern Sardinia.
The pinnetti stood in small courtyards called cuiles, of which they constituted the main building. Other structures, more or less adjacent, were dedicated to livestock management. These could also be large, depending on the number of animals that needed to be accommodated.
Within the cuiles, the shepherds looked after the cattle and managed all the related activities, such as milking, cheese production and protection from predators.
The structure of the pin protected from rain, but allowed the smoke coming from the firebox to escape, a small area carved into the rectangular floor that housed the fire necessary to heat the room and to produce food or cheese.
In some pinnetti, a structure was built on top of the roof that further protected against rain and snow.
Inside the perimeter wall there were often niches, used as closets for the few belongings; a series of wooden boards were also hung from the ceiling to store and hang tools and food.
Almost all the cuiles and pinnetti were abandoned after World War II; for the most part, only the ruins remained, while others were swallowed up by the stain, making them difficult to recognize and catalog.
Significant examples of interventions on the territory
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