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CULTURE AND TERRITORY
Gairo Sant’Elena has become an autonomous municipality very recently; in fact, this village was born in 1951
when, due to a terrible flood, the population moved upwards in the mountains. A state of total abandonment has
transformed the old Gairo into a touristic destination: its small, empty houses with wood or coloured lime main doors, its
wrought iron balconies, the roads of the historic centre, the interiors of the houses painted in blue, everything there gives the atmosphere
of a ghost village.
Amazing natural monument, Perda Liana is a typical Sardinian “tacco”, a calcareous tower dating
back to the mesozoic period, which dominates the territory of Gairo; the cone-shaped base measures 1000 metres, while the huge monolith standing
on it measures 120 metres. Once this area was teeming with woods, mainly with holm-oaks; nowadays, the landscape has been spoiled
by various fires that have caused the disappearance of many animals, like the mouflon and the barbate
gypaetus. Nevertheless, if you walk in the countryside, you can still sight wild-boars, partridges, hares, foxes
and weasels.
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