Guado in là is the neighborhood created beyond the river.  The oral contraction is often Gualundà or Valinda and can be found in civil status certificates from the XIX ^th century of a Valinda family who would therefore come from this neighborhood.

Notice that the altarpiece in Saint-André’s Church dating back to the XVI ^th   century is attributed to Michele de Valinda (from the Valinda Guadu-in- là neighborhood).

CARRUGHJU PIER SIMONE GINESTRA

Born in Oletta around 1670, he was first pro-Genoese. A member of the Academia dei Vagabondi, under the pen name Orazio Buttafocu he published an account of the events:   (Raguagli) that happened on the island from 1729 to 1731.  A senior officer for the service of Naples who was in Corsica around 1730, he adhered to the disgruntled group and participated in the 1730 revolt as a lieutenant for Generals Ceccaldi and Giafferi.  Accused of lèse-majesté in 1732 while he was in exile in Rome, his houses in Oletta were burned down and his properties destroyed.  From Livorno he continued to conspire against Genoa with Dominique Rivarola and Generals Giafferi, Ceccaldi, Gentile.  He only returned to Corsica in 1747 and took care of his estate until his death in 1759.

STRETTA CALA BRAGHE

Cala Braghe means « pull down your pants”.  This very secret side street allowed this neighborhood’s residents to do their business away from prying eyes.