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» ANCIENT TRACES
The first significant signs of settlement on the island appear around the 700 B.C.
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:.History
::.Sardegna
The first significant signs of settlement on the island appear around the 700 B.C., when people from the east Mediterranean landed and initially settled along the coast and later inland taking up farming and sheep-rearing. A typical example of the a
pubblicata il: 26.01.2005
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» ARBUS E LA COSTA VERDE
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:.Towns
::.Cagliari
Arriving from Guspini, the first place you come across is Arbus with its few houses behind the Gerrna Frongia Pass, a quiet lonely resort developed around the parish, dedicated to San Sebastiano which boasts a unique guest, Paolo Pusceddu, a Sardinia
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» BARBAGIA
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:.Territory
::.Nuoro
Barbagia, mountain land of shepherds, is divided in Barbagia di Ollobi (between Nuoro and Fonni) north of Gennargentu, Barbagia di Belvi (between Laconi and Aritzo), Barbagia di Seùlo (up to Campidano and Barbagia di Mandrolisai in the no
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» BUDONI
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:.Towns
::.Nuoro
A pleasant and hospitable seaside resort, it extends along the coast for 18 km.. Itis surrounded by a crown of hills, which bear the mark of history, such as the important neolithic Domus de Jana (4000) in Solità; and the remains of nuraghic monument
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» CABRAS
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:.Towns
::.Oristano
A few km. from Oristano, Cabras is a large town lying on the east coast of the famous pond of the same name, the largest in the province. Having an area of 2,200 hectares, it offers visitors an extraordinary naturalistic spectacle, being the habitat
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» CASTIADAS
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::.Cagliari
The present centre, originally built at the end of the 14th Century, was officially founded in August 1875, when 30 prisoners landed on the Cala Sinzias beach, lead by their Prison General Inspector. From that time until 1952 Castiadas was a penal c
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» DORGALI AND CALA GONONE
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:.Territory
::.Nuoro
Barbagia, besides the interior, boasts also a stretch of coast on the Tirrenean Sea, made up by Comune di Dorgali on the slopes of Monte Bardi, is particularly known for its leather craftsmanship, ceramics, goldsmith and the production of Cannonnau w
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» Eleonora d'Arborea
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:.History
::.Oristano
She is the most important woman in Italian history, sometimes compared with the French Joan of Ark. Daughter of Mariano IV, and wife of Genoan Brancaleone Doria, she was Judge of Arborea from 1383 to 1404. Her husband was the one who opposed the Sp
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» From Aglientu to Costa Paradiso
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:.Territory
::.Sassari
Low, harmonious rolling hills with some sharp peaks overlooking a red granite wild stretch of coast, and charming inlets with beautiful beaches: this is the bizarre landscape of Aglientu, Trinità D’Agultu and Vignola, Viddalba, Badesi.
Aglientu boas
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» Guspini and Montevecchio
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:.Itinerary
::.Cagliari
From Guspini you reach Montevecchio, which is the Avant Garde European mining complex, from 18th to 19th Centuries. Its structures (guided tours only) reaches up to Ingurtosu another ghost mining village. Continuing past Fluminimaggiore (about 13
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» LE MINIERE DEL SULCIS-IGLESIENTE
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:.History
::.Cagliari
The history of Sulcis and Iglesiente, in the south west of Sardinia, has always been linked with the mining activities carried on since the nuragic age, but in the 18th Century had turbulent developments.
A fascinating world where the historic remai
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» LOTZORAI
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:.Towns
::.Nuoro
At only 5 km from Tortolì, Lotzorai is a pretty medioeval town which has recently known a remarkable tourist development. In the southern side of the town, the 13th century Castello della Medusa stando on the top of a hill, probably built by the will
pubblicata il: 26.01.2005
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