Sardinia
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Sardinia is a large Italian Mediterranean island with almost 2,000 km of coastline, sandy beaches and a mountainous interior dotted with hiking trails. Scattered across the rugged landscape are thousands of nuraghi - mysterious beehive-shaped stone ruins dating back to the Bronze Age. One of the largest and oldest nuraghi is Su Nuraxi in Barumini, dating from around 1500 BC.
Area: 24,090 km²
Capital: Cagliari
Population: 1.64 million (2019)
Sardinien ist eine große italienische Mittelmeerinsel mit einer fast 2.000 km langen Küste, Sandstränden und einem bergigen, von Wanderwegen durchzogenen Landesinneren. In der schroffen Landschaft verstreut liegen Tausende Nuraghen – geheimnisvolle bienenstockförmige Steinruinen aus der Bronzezeit. Eine der größten und ältesten Nuraghen ist Su Nuraxi in Barumini, die aus der Zeit um 1500 v. Chr. stammt.
Fläche: 24.090 km²
Hauptstadt: Cagliari
Bevölkerung: 1,64 Millionen (2019)
Walking in the mountains yesterday, the temperature started off at 3°C, although bright and sunny. As we climbed higher it clouded over, thunderstorm, then started snowing with near blizzard conditions as we reached 1000m !
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South Sardinia.
The tower was built in 1500 to defend a nearby tuna fish factory from the raids of the Moors.
(See other similar towers in my album "Sardinia coastal towers" you find in this page below at right.)
The pool you see in foreground is a Carthaginian quarry which the waves filled with water.
Another of the big cruise ships that we kept seeing. This one can take 4216 passengers and a crew of 1733.