The Pontaccio Hut now Garibaldi’s Hut

 

Description 

The hut consists of a wall perimeter on which a thick steeply sloped roof of bulrushes rests (F1 - F2 - F3).the ground level is divided into two rectangular rooms of which the larger is 5.85 m long by 3.85 m wide.

The smaller room is 4.15 m long by 2.65 m wide.
This room originally served as a stable for the animals by which the hunters came to the hut and had a separate entrance. In the larger room at ground level there is a fire place and a wooden staircase that leads to the upper level consisting of a loft also in wood.
Outside there are four lapidaries in the walls whose inscriptions are reproduced at the beginning of this illustrative account. Inside there is some memorabilia of Garibaldi.

F1 , F2 , F3 : Photographs of internal details of the roof.

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