Long drive to Vastagna for Grotto Oliero which turned out only open on Sundays in October, but really the drive great through the valley to get there and then back through the hills... love those narrow winding roads with blind corners!
Anyway we stopped at a little town in the commune of Gallio, Stoccareddo. All but a few of the 400 villagers have the surname of Bau - they never mixed with outsiders due to the remote location so they are all descended from the same family. They consume a high fat diet and no-one in the village has ever died of a heart attack or stroke. An American study showed that the inbreeding over a period of 8 centuries is the cause of the good health they enjoy... they say not many birth defects as they tend to have children with distant cousins, not first cousins... however there was a notice (with great fanfare) on the bar window congratulating a girl going off to university.... so perhaps this is an unusual instance...if you know what I mean!
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| One of 7 original fountains in Caltrano, source of water in days of yore. Could be from Roman times |
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| Old Caltrano fountain |
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| Old Caltrano fountain |
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| Old Caltrano fountain |
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| Old Caltrano fountain |
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| Old Caltrano fountain |
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| In the hills |
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| Stoccareddo Church, town was destroyed in war |
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Old Caltrano fountain |
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