Perdasdefogu da Guinness: it is the country with the highest concentration of centenarians in the world
There are eight native and resident citizens who have reached or exceeded a century of life, more than four centenarians per thousand inhabitants
After the Guinness World Records for the longest-lived family in the world, conquered in 2014 by the 9 Melis brothers , together 837 years , Perdasdefogu , in Ogliastra, once again rises to the top of the world by winning the Guinness World Records in London as the country with the most high concentration of centenarians all over the planet.
There are eight "native and resident" citizens who have reached or exceeded a century of life out of a total of 1,778 inhabitants, equal to 0.449%, in practice more than 4 centenarians per thousand inhabitants . Leads the ranking Antonio Brundu with his 104 years, closes it Vittorio Lai, just 100 years old. In between are Bonino Lai (103), Maria Brundu (102), Vittorio Spanu (102), Giovannina Mameli (102), Concetta Melis (101) and Federica Melis (101).
A number of centenarians that makes the Ogliastra community stand out, considered one of the five “ Blue zones” in the world together with the islands of Okinawa in Japan and Ikaria in Greece, the Nicoya peninsula in Costa Rica and the community of Loma Linda in California.
"A milestone reached after a very long process that began in June 2021, with the sending of certificates, photographs, newspaper articles - says Salvatore Mura , historian of the town and extender of the request - I am a lover of the history and family trees of Perdasdefogu and this is the second question that I forward after dealing with the Melis brothers in 2014 ".
"I spend my days in the state archive of Cagliari and in the episcopal curia of Lanusei - he continues - where there are data from Perdasdefogu dating back to 1599. We are a community studied by various scientists and universities, there are thousands of DNA samples collected for analyzing the genetic characteristics of my community, I too have always worked in this direction ".
"After years of investigations in which we were considered the land of pollution due to the presence of the Quirra polygon, studies constantly show that here we live well and healthy - comments the mayor Mariano Carta - This makes us proud and full of energy. for future projects in our land ".
(Unioneonline / vl)
