Perdasdefogu

Perdasdefogu is a Salto di Quirra village at almost six hundred metres, between Ogliastra and the Sarcidano. Tradition says it was founded by refugees from a coastal village destroyed by Arabs; since the 1950s its territory has hosted a large military missile-testing range. Perdasdefogu is known worldwide for its residents' longevity: one local family entered the records as the siblings with the highest combined age. The area has nuraghi and a sacred spring at Peddi de Cani, and the village has the remains of an old pre-Romanesque three-aisled church of San Sebastiano. In mid-September the feast of San Salvatore and San Giovanni Battista, dating from the 17th century, lasts four days.

What to see

• Resti della chiesa preromanica di San Sebastiano
• Spring sacra di Peddi de Cani
• Nuraghi del territorio

Festivals and traditions

• San Salvatore e San Giovanni Battista, metà settembreSeptember

Nearby towns

• Escalaplano · 9 km
• Tertenia · 12 km
• Jerzu · 14 km
• Ussassai · 15 km
• Ulassai · 16 km
• Ballao · 16 km
• Orroli · 16 km
• Osini · 17 km

Sources: Grande Enciclopedia della Sardegna; ISTAT. Original texts by Gotosardinia.