Who or what is Buffa di Perrero?
Italian Olympic soccer star
Award-winning Italian designer
Menu offering in Italian restaurant
Inventor of pizza
Sorry, the correct answer is “None of the above,” which probably should have been one of the choices, but that's life.
Buffa di Perrero is actually a dwelling — or, more properly a hut — in the Italian Dolomites. It was built well over a century ago during World War I, carved into a sheer, vertical cliff face at 9,000 feet.
Sort of the “Where’s Waldo?” of the Alps.
Obviously there is nothing resembling roads in the area, but Italian soldiers got themselves to the site via rope ladders and dug a flat ledge to serve as the foundation, and they dug it by hand. Then all the building materials had to be pulled up the side of the mountain using ropes, pulleys, and makeshift cable cars. When the hut was finished, it kept soldiers, food and ammunition safe during alpine warfare.
Things being what they are, an enterprising real estate agent is probably scouting it out right now. I imagine the draft of the listing looks something like this:
Just listed! A mountain hut gem, tucked into a terrifying spectacular sheer, vertical cliff face landscape.This remote isolated secluded hideaway is not for the faint of heart ideal for the fitness buff. A unique opportunity. Run the other way! Act now!
And then the correct answer to “Who or what is Buffa di Perrero?” will be:
A real estate agent’s
nightmaredream
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