The chasm Golgo Baunei or Su Sterru: it was 1957 when the young Italian caver Umberto Pintori touched for the first time the bottom. Legend tells that the venture stress cost him his hair color. Even older legends tell that the origin of this amazing chasm, the deepest of its kind in Europe, is to be traced back to a battle between St. Peter and an evil snake which infested the neighborhood of Baunei. The saint threw the reptile to the ground with such force to create the chasm we see today. In memory of this fight, close to the abyss of Golgo, a church was erected in honor of St. Peter. (more…)

From folk Ogliastra traditions, the acorn bread represented for century a poor’s food, because it was made of low-quality ingredients. Nowadays, we can state that this simple food supply of the days gone is characterized by high organoleptic quality and nutritional values, supporting what folk wisdom knows from long time. The first reference to the acorn bread (Su Pan’ispeli), as Sardinian typical food, comes from Plinius the Elder (I century a.D.). As all concerning traditional products, what ensured livelihood on earth, acquired sacral transcendence and was treated with the highest form of respect known by manhood: the rite. Respect and know how. The very ritual actions had the function to pass on the know how about acorn bread production, marking the timing of mixing acorns, clay, cinder and water. (more…)