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Villacidro also offers highly exciting landscapes, ideas for relaxing and healthy walks in nature, even without straying too far from the built-up area.
Villacidro also offers highly exciting landscapes, ideas for relaxing and healthy walks in nature, even without straying too far from the built-up area.
Piazzale Giarranas, often mentioned in the novels written by Giuseppe Dessì, is renowned for the imposing granite spires called "Is Campanas de Sisinni Contu" (Sissinni Contu’s bells).
This house is distinct for its sober elegance and was considered at the time one of the town’s loveliest homes. The Dessì family purchased it from senator Loru.
Giuseppe Todde, a well-established economist and university professor built the house. He was born at Villacidro in 1829 and deceased in 1897.
The most imposing point of this massif, which is also Sardinia’s most elevated with its 72 meters of height, is the Muru Mannu falls
One of the most evocative falls of the Linas area is surely the Piscina Irgas waterfalls.
Immersed in the scenery of pink and grey granite rocks among the wild mountains crowning it, this waterfall has received the homage of exceptional travellers and tourists over time such as Gabriele D’Annunzio.
The small church dedicated to the Virgin Carmelo, built in the XVII century, is immersed in the green of the pine forest that rises above the high part of the town.
The Church of the Anime Purganti, along with the Church of the Santa Barbara and the Oratorio di Nostra Signora del Rosario (Oratory of Our Lady of the Rosary) form a triad of churches that overlook the main piazza of the townand.
The oratory of Nostra Signora del Rosario was most probably built at the beginning of the 600s, when the brotherhood, having the same title, was built. The building’s original establishment is still visible in its gothic-Catalan style facade.
The construction of this church, dedicated to the craftsman San Giuseppe, patron of the carpenters, came was the will of a Spanish squire, called Lucifero Piras, who had it built in 1744 on his private territory.
The small country church dedicated to the fisherman S. Pietro, has remained, the only testament to the old and now lost Leni residence through out the centuries, a small farmers village that resided along the banks of the Leni River during Roman domination.
The numerous archaeological finds from the Nuragic and Roman ages found in the surroundings, however, testify that the site was a "magical" place and particularly suitable for religious celebrations since ancient times.
The Church of Santa Barbara, along with the Church of the Anime Purganti (Purged Souls) and the Oratorio di Nostra Signora del Rosario (Oratory of Our Lady of the Rosary) form a triad of churches that overlook the main piazza of the townand it is Villacidro’s oldest church (13th century).
Linked to the tradition of “fire water” production, the factory producing Murgia liquors is the pride and joy of Villacidro industry.
Villacidro was chosen as the location for the construction of a large foundry in 1700.
The Washhouse was built in 1893 in the ancient district known as “Frontera de sa Mitza”, on a design by engineer Enrico Pani. It was part of a much broader project that included the entire surrounding piazza.
Numerous testaments of the buildings and structures belonging to the mine of the Serci canal still remain: the washery, some structures once used as miners’ dwellings, the director’s building, present day restructured and used as offices for “l'Ente Foreste della Sardegna”, and many mining tunnels.
The ancient “monte del grano”, has hosted the “Villa Leni Civic Archaeological Museum” since 2003. This expositional area displays many original finds arriving from the area’s most important archaeological sites.
The imposing structure of the Cadoni Mill stands adjacent to the Washhouse, and had maintained its ancient function all the way up to the Post World War II years as a more modern mill where wheat was brought to be ground.
The Museum of Sacred Art and Furnishings was established in 1998. It is located in the rooms of the Oratory dedicated to the Vergine del Rosario (Virgin of the Rosary) and is one of the few examples of permanent exhibits of its kind on the entire island of Sardinia.
Narti nuraghe is a testament to the presence of nuragic man in the territory of Villacidro; this nuraghe is situated in one of the most fertile valleys of the area, on the banks of the Narti torrent.
The Palace was once the residence of the Brondo Marquises, lords of Villacidro from 1594 to 1694. Over the centuries it has been used for many purposes and has been renovated many times as well.
The area in the outskirts of the town now known as Parco Castangias (Castangias Park) was once a beautiful forest filled with cherry trees, European nettle trees, walnut trees and first and foremost chestnut trees, from which the place gets its name.
This Park of age-old Olive Trees is a natural spectacle of majestic beauty, one of the jewels in the crown of Villacidro’s natural heritage.
One of the best known and loved areas of Villacidro, the woods in Monti Mannu is often the destination of weekend excursions and trips to the countryside.
A wide area at the foothills of Linas mountain range, crossed by the stream Leni, flowing into the vast artificial basin downstream.
Situated in the outskirts furthest north of the town, this amazing, natural panoramic terrace is one of the most beautiful places and most loved by locals.
Piazza Zampillo has always been the heart of the town.
The Town Hall Square overlooks the heart of Villacidro’s old town centre and a suggestive view of the town and its monuments can be relished from here.
A lovely, dense pine grove surrounds the upper portion of Villacidro, entirely covering the slopes of Monte Omo and Monte Cuccureddu upon which the town is positioned.
“Sa Potecarìa”the ancient word in Sardinian dialect for pharmacy. This small, unique museum was brought into being thanks to the passion of pharmacist Dr. Ignazio Fanni.