One hundred and three candles for Maria Antonia Tatti. Nicknamed "Bella", for two years she has been a guest of the housing community for the elderly managed by Coop Giubileo 2000 in Nughedu Santa Vittoria .

The over one hundred year old, born on 6 January 1920 to Antonio Francesco Tatti and Francesca Scanu, lived with her sister Giovanna Maria, who died in June 2021, before moving to the rest home.

« She never wanted to get married, although she had many suitors. She says that the secret of longevity is given precisely by never having married », the family members had told at the age of 100. An occasion that saw her show off high heels and fur and the elegance that has always distinguished her.

A bad fall in December 2020 cost her a first break of the femur, then followed by a similar episode. Now he spends his days in the retirement home where a small party was organized for his birthday in the presence of relatives. For her also a floral tribute from the municipal administration.

Maria Antonia Tatti attended school up to the third grade in Nughedu, then she had to interrupt her studies to help around the house. Not even of age she attended a cutting and sewing course in Florence (she was staying with a cousin), where she stayed for about a year. After graduating as a seamstress she returned to her native land and in Nughedu, as well as in neighboring towns, she taught cutting and sewing courses. Until retirement she worked as a seamstress and at the age of 100 she was still sewing.