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The Tavignani has its source at Lake Ninu, at an altitude of 1743 metres, in the Cintu massif. It meets the streams of the Restonica, near Corte, and the Vechju, near the Ghjunta bridge. It then flows down the valley towards the eastern plain where it mixes with the Tyrrhenian Sea. This valley has always been an important communication axis between the heart of the island and the eastern coast. It is a link between the mountains and the sea. The villages, such as Poghju, Riventosa and Casanova, are tucked away in a high position on the slopes. MUNTAGNERA E IMPIAGHJERA Tavignani is a major passageway for the transhumance routes. It has played a major role in the traditional agro-pastoral economy. Following the sinuosities of the river, the breeders used to reach the piaghja (the plain) with their herds of sheep or goats to spend the winter there. In the spring, they would return to the mountain pastures by the same route, before the hot weather and malaria overtook the wetlands of the eastern plain. THE DOMAIN OF THE SHEPHERDS The winter grazing of the herds on the coastal plains has continued to this day. When the commune of Aléria was created in 1859, a large part of the undivided land of the plain became the private property of certain shepherds from the interior. The possessions of the people of Venacu, Santu Petru, Poghju and Riventosa amounted to about 900 ha of land. Until the 1970s, more than half of the land in the commune of Aléria still belonged to them. However, not all the breeders transhumed to the plains. Some spent the winter at the bottom of the valley, in the fiuminale. Thus, from October to May, the movements of the herds were limited between the villages and the Tavignani fiuminale. From May to September, the shepherds went to the mountain pastures, which were undivided between the communities, until September.

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