The “domu Ottu-Buccoi,” so-called from the Sardinized surname of its owners ” Ortu-Buccoli” is a traditional earthen bio-architecture in the center of the village. This is a fine manor house, one of the last to have escaped demolition and savage restoration, which, despite having suffered a collapse of the noble entrance, retains intact the structure, albeit with different uses of some spaces and the typical constituent elements of Campidanese houses of the early 1900s and centuries before: the cobbled courtyard, called imperdau or imperdadeddu; the loggias or open galleries, called lollas; the tinned ceilings, called cannizzadas and with juniper beams (tzinnibiri); the mud-brick walls, ladiri (from later=brick in Latin)and earth mortars; wood-burning oven (su forru) and coal-burning stoves (forredda); the water well called funtà.
The portion of the central corpus that survived the collapses is the most recent part of the house and dates back to the early 1920s. Recently restored by stage designer Emilio Ortu Lieto, nephew of the former owners, it preserves 2 decorative paintings by Serramannese decorator Peppe Carcangiu, also the author of the frescoes in the patronal church.
The side wings, which were pre-existing, as well as stables, storerooms, cellar, and servants’ support points, underwent fairly respectful restorations in the 1970s, partly changing their use. At the back of the yard is the cow shed, the exit portal for the animals, and what remains of two silos. The courtyard is also characterized by being an enchanted garden with tall trees, inhabited by many species of insects, butterflies, birds, reptiles, and so on: a true ecosystem.
There is a small exhibition of theatrical costumes in one of the storerooms, and some period furniture and memorabilia can still be found in the house.
