Old washhouse

Small and valuable piece of Usini’s history. Not an abstract place but a corner of the country that has known the toil and sacrifice of the laundresses, that has heard stories of life, the chatter of housewives and the voices of those babies that mothers had to carry . This image of everyday life finds echoes in the lexicon: think of the Sardinian saying “parimus in su trogliu” to indicate a rowdy situation. The washhouse consists of a large basin with spring water that served as a place for housewives to meet and work until water arrived in homes around the 1950s. In 2008, restoration work began on the entire area, which was transformed into a children’s playground, soccer field and physical activity trails. Accommodation work was completed in 2010.

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