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Since the Middle Ages and on the basis of stockbreeding, Bastelica has gradually taken on its village form, based on semi-nomadic pastoral families. From the end of the 15th century onwards, the Bastelica community asserted itself with a pastoral vocation. During the second half of the 18th century, the Plan Terrier drawn up by the French surveyors tells us that Bastelica is the village with the most shepherds. In the 19th century, more than 50% of the commune was cultivated, with practically 5% represented by the chestnut grove. The village's economy has always been based on livestock and chestnut farming. Nowadays, several hectares of orchards can be seen, particularly apple trees. Sheep and goats* The breeding in Bastelica and in the Prunelli valley is based on transhumance. In fact, in the 19th century and still today, the farmers move from the Bastelicaccia plain to Bastelica. The village is then a place of passage towards the mountain. The shepherds spent the summer in these sheepfolds built very modestly with the materials they found nearby. We will thus meet several sites around Bastelica: the Sheepfolds of Pozzi, of Verdanese, of Mezzaniva, of Latina, of Bussù and of Pantanicciu. The chestnut tree Chestnut growing is the most important of the many activities in the commune of Bastelica. The inhabitants used to live off the chestnut, it was their wealth and their daily bread. The harvested fruit was first preserved in drying sheds close to the area where it was grown, or in the attic of the houses, where the ceiling was made up of racks (a rata) and the room was lit by a fire, u fucone. Once dried, the chestnuts were taken to the local mills. Pigs Along with chestnut growing, pig farming has played a very important role in the Bastelic community. From ancient times to the present day, the village's activity has been based on this breeding. This activity has had repercussions on the village's buildings. There are pigsties (purcili) and houses where the first floor was used to dry sausages. The apple This is not the most important activity in the village, but in the past apples were grown in the village of Bastelica, harvested from September to November and then stored in the attics of the village houses or in independent storage areas. The Bussù sheepfold, abandoned by the shepherds, became a storage place in the 19th century. Carpenters and blacksmiths In the village of Bastelica we find several trades linked to agriculture but also blacksmiths, carpenters and cabinet makers, whose knowledge is reflected in the architecture of the village houses. In the past, the roofs of the houses were covered with scanduli, wooden shingles, and the terraces were made entirely of wood. From the 19th century onwards, the doors of some houses were topped with wrought iron transoms.

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