Departure from the Town Hall

Sheltered in a green setting, Argiusta-Moriccio is a garden in the heart of a rural village clinging to the Corsican mountains. Most villages in Corsica were built around a water source to meet the vital needs of the inhabitants and to facilitate farming. Riddle 1: Turn right at the town hall. Riddle 2: Retrace your steps and turn right, passing in front of the town hall and continuing on your way. Riddle 3: retrace your steps, go straight on and turn right down the stairs (in the bend between 2 houses). Small diversions: see the bread oven

Enigma 4: Turn right into Via Caïtucoli. To get to the Funtanona fountain, take the alley opposite the old bar and head left. Riddle 5: Continue up the road. Riddle 6: Go back towards the town hall.

Treasure hunt in Argiusta-Moriccio | Propriano and Sartène Tourist Office in the Sartenais Valinco Taravo region

Treasure hunt in Argiusta-Moriccio

Your mission is to find the 6 fountains in the village and solve the riddles. Play with the Explorama app and discover the built heritage. The aim of this treasure hunt is to show the importance of this heritage and the vital resource that is water.

“The fountains in our villages are part of the heritage, the soul and the life of our ancestors. Let’s remember those daily scenes, when everyone went to fetch water from the fountain. Everything that was said in those places… “

Course

💧 The memory of water

🏴 From Propriano, take the RT 40 towards Ajaccio. At the 2nd Petreto-Bicchisano roundabout, take the D757 towards Moca-Croce and Argiusta-Moriccio. Estimated driving time from Propriano is 44 minutes.

🕙 driving time: 1 h

Treasure hunt booklet with riddles9MB

The route :

Departure from the Town Hall
Sheltered in a green setting, Argiusta-Moriccio is a garden in the heart of a rural village clinging to the Corsican mountains. Most villages in Corsica were built around a water source to meet the vital needs of the inhabitants and to facilitate farming.
Riddle 1: Turn right at the town hall.
Riddle 2: Retrace your steps and turn right, passing in front of the town hall and continuing on your way.
Riddle 3: retrace your steps, go straight on and turn right down the stairs (in the bend between 2 houses).
Small diversions: see the bread oven

Fountains 4, 5, 6
Enigma 4: Turn right into Via Caïtucoli. To get to the Funtanona fountain, take the alley opposite the old bar and head left.
Riddle 5: Continue up the road.
Riddle 6: Go back towards the town hall.

Argiusta-Moriccio

Sheltered in a green setting, Argiusta-Moriccio is a garden in the heart of a rural village clinging to the Corsican mountains.

Corsica's origins