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 !
The Roman Villa on the coast of Quartu Sant’Andrea is one of the few real testimonies of imperial settlement in a non-urban context in Sardinia. It is located along the coast in the Sant’Andrea area. It has recently been restored, consolidated and made open to visitors thanks to a small square overlooking it. On the sea, a series of non-communicating rooms are arranged in two parallel rows, to the east of which the presence of two cylindrical wells, on the sides of a sort of aedicule, suggest the alternation of covered and uncovered environments. Large bricks made up the floor of the inspectable rooms, and fragments of tegulae hamatae - that is bricks with protrusions used in spas - suggested that the building was equipped with a hot air heating system. Other structures without elevations or noticeable in the state of foundations, emerged at different distances from the water, where pebbles and stones from demolition or collapses formed a shallow and homogeneous bottom in its own way. At the time of the discovery, there were no supporting elements for a dating hypothesis other than the most evident masonry technique. The walls were built with regular alternation of bricks and small stone blocks, adopting the mixed work technique that seemed to have been adopted in Sardinia in the III / IV century. AD. Today other studies are expected to better date the artifact.
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La Villa Romana del litorale di Quartu Sant’Andrea è una delle poche testimonianze reali di insediamento di età imperiale in un contesto non urbano in Sardegna. Si trova lungo il litorale nella zona di Sant’Andrea. È stata recentemente restaurata, consolidata e resa visitabile grazie anche a una piazzetta che la sovrasta. Sul mare una serie di ambienti fra loro non comunicanti sono disposti su due file parallele, a est delle quali la presenza di due pozzi cilindrici, ai lati di una sorta di edicola, fanno presumere l’alternanza di ambienti coperti e scoperti. Laterizi di grandi dimensioni componevano il pavimento dei vani ispezionabili, e frammenti di tegulae hamatae – cioè dei mattoni dotati di sporgenze impiegati negli ambienti termali – facevano pensare che l’edificio fosse dotato di un impianto di riscaldamento a aria calda. Altre strutture prive di elevato o percepibili allo stato di fondazioni, affioravano a distanza diversa dell’acqua, dove ciottoli e pietrame provenienti dalle demolizioni o dai crolli formavano un fondale poco profondo e a suo modo omogeneo. Al momento della scoperta non sussistevano elementi di appoggio a una ipotesi di datazione se non quello della tecnica muraria più evidente. I muri si presentavano costruiti con regolare alternanza di mattoni e di piccoli conci in pietra, adottando la tecnica a opera mista che sembrava essere stata adottata in Sardegna nel III/IV sec. d.C.. Oggi si attendono altri studi per meglio datare il manufatto.
Immagine scattata dal mio carissimo amico Alessandro Gagliega
Bosa - Sardinia 20190424
Located in the north-central coast of Sardinia, it is a small village of ancient origins. Crossed by the river Temo (only navigable river in Sardinia) is characterized by typical colorful houses in pastel colors, the wrought-iron balconies, the narrow alleys of the old town … give it a magical atmosphere in Bosa handing the title of one of the most beautiful villages of Italy.
The ancient village called Sa Costa is located at the foot of the hill Serravalle and is dominated by the Malaspina castle. The streets of the old town are accessible only by foot, given the narrow streets, alleys, arcades.
From Blu Alghero Sardinia.
lovely little Bosa in the northwest of sardinia
entzückendes Städtchen Bosa im Nordwesten von Sardinien
South-west Sardinia. (See map at right)
The tower of Chia was built in 1578 to defend the nearby village from the raids of Saracens pirates,
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.
Town of Castelsardo, in the north of Sardinia.
Founded in 1102 by the Genoese family Doria and called Castelgenovese. In 1520 was conquered by the Aragonese (Spain) and so its name changed in Castel Aragonese. Finally in 1717 the Savoy rule named it Castelsardo.
Built in 1500 to defend the nearby village from the Moors raids.
CENNI STORICI
Nel medioevo attorno alla chiesa dello Spirito Santo stava il villaggio di Quia, spopolatosi nel '400. Nel 1592 la torre è detta de "I Santi Quaranta de Quia (Torres de Santos Quarenta de Quia), forse per la presenza di una chiesa altomedievale dedicata ai quaranta Martiri di Sebaste.
La fortificazione venne costruita sull'acropoli, cioè la città alta, dell'abitato punico-romano di Bithia. Il fortilizio sorvegliava sopratutto le aree verso sud, verso la spiaggia di Chia, ideale per un rifornimento d'acqua e teneva sotto controllo un territorio molto esposto all'attacco dei pirati che potevano contare sulle grandi spiagge che oggi fanno felici i turisti.
Da "Guida alle torri e forti costieri, di Massimo Rassu.