Forno a paglia di Candela
In 2016 in Candela, in the heart of the historic center, was found, inside a house, a straw oven of the fifteenth century.
The place
The oven has two mouths: the upper one for cooking food and the lower one for burning straw.
The two levels are in communication with each other through a central hole on the hob called "hell" which allows the heat and flames to rise up in the upper part. The peculiarity is precisely the combustion that occurred with straw because, given the abundant availability of straw resulting from the cultivation of wheat and other cereals, waste products became a precious resource used as cheap fuel.
Location
Via Cittadella, Candela
Candela
Candela is a charming town, located on the border with Basilicata and Campania, between the Ofanto River and the Carapelle Torrent, whose first settlements can be traced back to the Lombard era.
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