The Country of Oristano
The Country of Oristano
Nuraghe
holy well
In the Oristano area you can find unpolluted nature, history and traditions.
In Oristano, Eleonora of Arborea’s motherland, Judge of the Arborense Ruling, who lived around the year 1200, you can visit the XII century Cathedral, the Episcopal see, the San Cristoforo’s Tower or Porta Manna and the Antiquarium Arborense, which keeps a collection of archaeological finds from the Punic-Romanic age.
During the Carnival, a masked equestrian carousel takes place, called Sartiglia, that packs in a big crowd and is linked to centuries-old traditions of the Arborens Ruling period. In Santa Giusta there is the homonymous basilica of the XVII century in Romanesque style, with Pisan influence.
In Cabras, a town placed on a swamp’s banks, there are the remains of a medieval castle called Villa Arborea, and the Our Lady of Assumption’s Church, in baroque style of the XVII century.
Cabras is also famous for the production of bottarga.
In the North of the province, near Paulilatino, there is a place called Santa Cristina, with the remains of a nuraghic village and a holy well of inestimable archaeological value.
In the wonderful Sinis promontory, into the marine park, you can see the area of Turr’e Seu protected by the WWF and the remains of a Punic-Romanic harbour city, Tharros. Near Cabras you can admire a part of the archaeological finds, while the rest of the remains are kept in the Cagliari museum.
The province is full of wet places and the most important are: the swamp of Cabras, with the ancient fish-pond Pontis; the swamps of Marceddì and Mistras; Sale Porcu and Pauli E’Sai, with their natural oasis protected by the LIPU, where you can watch the red flamingos, hawks of marsh, rollers, baldicoots and hoopoe.
In Oristano, Eleonora of Arborea’s motherland, Judge of the Arborense Ruling, who lived around the year 1200, you can visit the XII century Cathedral, the Episcopal see, the San Cristoforo’s Tower or Porta Manna and the Antiquarium Arborense, which keeps a collection of archaeological finds from the Punic-Romanic age.
During the Carnival, a masked equestrian carousel takes place, called Sartiglia, that packs in a big crowd and is linked to centuries-old traditions of the Arborens Ruling period. In Santa Giusta there is the homonymous basilica of the XVII century in Romanesque style, with Pisan influence.
In Cabras, a town placed on a swamp’s banks, there are the remains of a medieval castle called Villa Arborea, and the Our Lady of Assumption’s Church, in baroque style of the XVII century.
Cabras is also famous for the production of bottarga.
In the North of the province, near Paulilatino, there is a place called Santa Cristina, with the remains of a nuraghic village and a holy well of inestimable archaeological value.
In the wonderful Sinis promontory, into the marine park, you can see the area of Turr’e Seu protected by the WWF and the remains of a Punic-Romanic harbour city, Tharros. Near Cabras you can admire a part of the archaeological finds, while the rest of the remains are kept in the Cagliari museum.
The province is full of wet places and the most important are: the swamp of Cabras, with the ancient fish-pond Pontis; the swamps of Marceddì and Mistras; Sale Porcu and Pauli E’Sai, with their natural oasis protected by the LIPU, where you can watch the red flamingos, hawks of marsh, rollers, baldicoots and hoopoe.
Su Nuraxi
Tharros
At the opposite of the Sinis coast, there is the Malu Entu Island (in Sardinian "Bad wind" in Italian "Stomach-ache") where herring gulls, cormorants live. In the inner part of the province you can find the growing parks of Montiferru and Monte Arci.
You can also find lots of Nuragic villages, and one of the most important is Barumini with the nuraghe Su Nuraxi, a real court of the Bronze Age.
Then, fairs are very common. The most important are: Sa Sartiglia in Oristano and S. Carrela e Nanti in Santu Lussurgiu, during the carnival; the equestrian carousel S’Ardia in Sedilo, the 6th and the 7th of June; the bottarga fair in Cabras and the tomato fair in Zeddiani; the race of the barefoot in Cabras, the first Sunday of September.
You can also find lots of Nuragic villages, and one of the most important is Barumini with the nuraghe Su Nuraxi, a real court of the Bronze Age.
Then, fairs are very common. The most important are: Sa Sartiglia in Oristano and S. Carrela e Nanti in Santu Lussurgiu, during the carnival; the equestrian carousel S’Ardia in Sedilo, the 6th and the 7th of June; the bottarga fair in Cabras and the tomato fair in Zeddiani; the race of the barefoot in Cabras, the first Sunday of September.
