The oven walk

30 minutes

Ornetu

Each hamlet in Pietracorbara still has its ovens, but the hamlet of Ornetu has the most (eight intact ovens - six of which are outside - remain of the seventeen ovens counted in 1925) and the best preserved; some the ovens have even been restored.

Go to the main square of Ornetu (you can park here). The tower is opposite. Turn left and climb the stairs leading up. The first oven lies next to the fountain and is covered with weeds. This oven is referred to as Mari'Anto's oven , and is named after the person who used it last. It was used regularly to cook bread up until 1926.

Continue the stairs to the very top. Turn right between the two houses, below the dried mud and stone wall. There is an oven which has been entirely renovated , it is private so it is not possible to visit it. It is located under the house, in the garden.

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