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Built in 1893 in the historic Frontera de sa Mitza quarter, according to the designs of the engineer, Enrico Pani, it was part of a larger project that included the entire square opposite it.
The monument, in liberty style, was realized in cast iron and iron in the pavilion, where as black Serrenti volcanic rock was used for the tubs and its front, embellished with marble sculptures. "Liberty" style was widely diffused in Sardinia, especially in the industrial-mining sector, but it was also used to embellish buildings and structures destined for civil purposes.
The Villacidro Wash house represents an example of liberty style applied to a structure that was solely built to meet a specific social need: to give the women of the town the chance to do their washing sheltered from bad weather. It then became, and was for almost a century, a social meeting point for the locals of Villacidro.
Parole d'autore
"That is me, I am an old woman, I have lived for a long time. Not speaking for myself, but we are all full of rheumatism. “Look at my hands” and she held out her petite deformed hands. Angelo knew that most people’s hands at Norbio were similar to his. He immediately withdrew his hands and hid them under his armpits, sticking out his chest a little, and stretched out his face: "For all of our lives we have desired one thing: to work in a sheltered place, keeping are feet dry. You can understand us... If you make the troughs for the landlord you can also make sheltered wash houses. The moment is right.” “It really makes one think” said Angelo. “As mother returned home drenched from head to toe from the Fluminera." (Giuseppe Dessì - Paese d’ombre)
