Museum of Industrial Archaeology Le Vie dell’Acqua

Approximately a kilometer from the inhabitated center of the town of Tìana, in the locality of Gusabu, the industrial archeology museum ''Le Vie dell'Acqua' can be found, consisting of a windmill and two fulling mills in the locality of Gusabu at rio Torrei. They consist of two examples of a still perfectly functioning industrial and rural archaeology. The fulling mills were built in the '700s and were used for fulling (beating) the orbace, a typical Sardinian cloth made of sheep wool. With the great wooden mallets operating on the water of Rio Torrei, they are fulling the orbace to soften it and make it waterproof and more resistant. While the windmill was used for grinding wheat from the valleys of Tìana. Furthermore the Gualchiera and the windmill are both put into operation during the guided tours of the site.