Boundaries
Boundaries
The boundaries and rights of villages in the territory of Giara, a valuable reserve of pasture and timber, have always been subject to dispute; to conduct and settle the judicial disputes that often gave rise to conflicts between the various municipalities, The Council of Community Law was in charge, and the system recognized it as a legal person and assigned it the role of court to protect the community’s lands.
Among the most significant disputes, that between the Marquisate of Quirra and Gesturi concerning the jurisdiction and the belonging of the portion of plateau on the side of Gesturi. In the early nineteenth century there was a civil lawsuit between Gesturi, Setzu and Tuili, for the exploitation of forest and pastoral resources, which Gesturi claimed to have owned since “time immemorial”. Another case sees Setzu and Genoni opposing.
The dispute for the Giara continues until the end of the nineteenth century (1871), when the municipalities of Nuragus and Genoni appeal to the Court of Appeals of Cagliari against Gesturi, To reject the decisions in its favour contained in the judgment of the Civil Court of Cagliari of 1868. Gesturi also wins the case, so the municipal boundaries of Genoni, Gesturi, Setzu and Tuili remain those fixed by the plan surveys carried out in 1844. These boundaries are the same today.
In 1885, the Municipal Council of Gesturi decided to erect a drywall that still divides the territory of Gesturi from that of other countries, in order to avoid the abuse and exploitation of its part of plateau. The territory of the Municipality of Gesturi is entirely public property and is subject to regulated civic legnatico and grazing. The remaining territories are either municipal or private property
