The disappointment of the Punta Giglio Libera Committee and not only caused the wedding banquet organized in the former military barracks by a couple of foreign tourists . A reception for a few close friends in the enchanted promontory of Punta Giglio, in the heart of the Porto Conte Park, where an accommodation facility with a restaurant and a museum has been built.
«We have now reached the paradox that a Natura 2000 area , whose purpose is 'to ensure the long-term maintenance of natural habitats and species of flora and fauna that are threatened or rare at a community level', is abused and marketed for ceremonies and receptions of wedding », reads a note also signed by the North-West Sardinia Park Committee, AsceOnlus, Sa Domo de Totus, Sardinian National Assembly, Italia Nostra Sardegna, Siamo Tuttimportanti Sassari.
"Once again the concessionaires of the Rifugio di Mare - continues the press release - are relaunching a plurality of commercial proposals, denying the initial declarations of intent and the commitments undertaken publicly: the refuge style, the refreshment point for walkers and cyclists, frugal meals, the use of the electric vehicle only for disabled people. Faced with this umpteenth episode of private commodification of a common good, we reiterate the questions that we have immediately asked over the years: what effective control is the Park Authority implementing? ».
On the social page of the Rifugio di Mare , the images of the event which, the organizers write, " took place in full respect of the places, between soft lights and splendid natural scenery ". The former anti-aircraft emplacement of the Second World War has been entrusted, through an announcement by the State Property Agency, to a cooperative society which has made rooms and a refreshment point out of it. There is also a route to discover the Punta Giglio environmental museum.
«How can these activities be reconciled with the objectives of the Cammini e Percorsi tender? What does a wedding reception have to do with support for slow travellers?», ask the committees and associations that signed the press release.
