{"id":74759,"date":"2022-04-23T09:56:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T09:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/areasogliastrathe-territory\/"},"modified":"2022-04-23T09:56:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T09:56:44","slug":"areasogliastrathe-territory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/tourist-guide\/areasogliastrathe-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"AREAS>OGLIASTRA>THE TERRITORY&nbsp;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=center><a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2674.html\">towns and villages<\/a>&nbsp; | <a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2673.html\">geography<\/a>&nbsp; | the territory |&nbsp;<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2680.html\">wildlife<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2681.html\">history<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2682.html\">man and the territory<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2676.html\">to see<\/a>&nbsp;<br \/><a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2677.html\">local produce<\/a>&nbsp; | <a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2683.html\">photo gallery<\/a>&nbsp; | <a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2672.html\">how to get there<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2678.html\">festivals<\/a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THE TERRITORY<img decoding=\"async\" hspace=10 vspace=3 src=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/opsmedia\/jpg\/131.jpg\" align=right> <\/p>\n<p>The physical and morphological characters of this particular region create many contrasting features: from harsh peaks to&nbsp;round hills, from&nbsp;wood-covered crests to&nbsp;small plains, from steep, narrow valleys to open spaces on the highest mountains, from deep-red rocks to white cliffs facing the sea. <br \/>The relief of the area can be divided into distinct morphological groups, characteristic of different parts of Ogliastra. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The limestone&nbsp;shapes of&nbsp;&#8220;Supramonte&#8221;&nbsp;in Baunei and Urzulei (photo), with Karst phenomena which reach as far as the coastal cliffs.\n<li>The dolomitic limestone phenomena known as &#8220;Tacchus&#8221;, which rise above&nbsp;Jerzu, Ulassai, Osini and Gairo.\n<li>The porphyry and granite of the mountains&nbsp;in Arzana, Villagrande and Talana, which form the Ogliastra side of the Gennargentu massif.<br \/>The highest peak of this range, Punta La Marmora (1,834m), is in the town limits of&nbsp;Arzana. <\/ul>\n<p>INTERESTING PHENOMENA<br \/>These orographical conditions have created some extremely <img decoding=\"async\" hspace=10 vspace=3 src=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/opsmedia\/jpg\/909.jpg\" align=right>interesting phenomena: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The &#8220;Gola di Gorropu&#8221; (photo: P. Rinaldi), the deepest canyon in Italy (and perhaps even in Europe), bordered by steep rock faces up to 500m high.\n<li>The sandy bays, nestled between high cliffs, where the so-called &#8220;codulas&#8221; emerge from the inland hills.&nbsp; Some of the most charming bays include, from south to north: Cala Goloritze&#8217;, Cala Mariolu, Cala Biriola, Cala Sisine and Cala Ilune. \n<li>The &#8220;guglie&#8221; &#8211; stone pinnacles which contrast with sheer cliff faces &#8211; one of the most spectacular ones is called Punta Caroddi (148 m), an impressive natural monument which overhangs&nbsp;the bay at Goloritze&#8217;. \n<li>Karst phenomena which have created ravines, gorges, hollows and breaches which cut into the surface of the earth: an interesting&nbsp;example can be found in the countryside, near Baunei.&nbsp; The &#8220;Voragine (or chasm) del Golgo&#8221; or &#8220;Su Sterru&#8221; is a 294 m deep doline. \n<li>Caves.&nbsp; Many examples can be found in the area, all of great speleological interest.&nbsp;Examples include &#8220;Su Marmuri&#8221; at Ulassai, &#8220;Taquisara&#8221; at Gairo and &#8220;Sa domo &#8216;e s&#8217;orcu&#8221; near Urzulei, where several archaeological finds from the Nuraghic period have been found. \n<li>The areas of &#8220;Tacchus&#8221; inland, (the most impressive one is&nbsp;&#8220;Perda Liana&#8221;).&nbsp; Standing at 1,293m, it is a sort of limestone tower, rich in fossil material and of great geomorphological interest. <\/ul>\n<p>WHAT ARE&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>? Codulas:&nbsp; Narrow canyons carved in the rocks by seasonal water streams.&nbsp;You can reach the sea from the mountains following these&nbsp;canyons, which are often dry. <\/p>\n<p>? Tacchus:&nbsp; Large limestone outcrops, characterised by steep&nbsp;slopes and peaks covered by thick vegetation (holm-oaks, junipers, strawberry-trees and hollies).<br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- SOURCE 2675.html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>towns and villages&nbsp; | geography&nbsp; | the territory |&nbsp;wildlife&nbsp; |&nbsp;history&nbsp; |&nbsp;man and the territory&nbsp; |&nbsp;to see&nbsp;local produce&nbsp; | photo gallery&nbsp; | how to get there&nbsp; |&nbsp;festivals&nbsp; |&nbsp; THE TERRITORY The physical and morphological characters of this particular region create many contrasting features: from harsh peaks to&nbsp;round hills, from&nbsp;wood-covered crests to&nbsp;small plains, from steep, narrow valleys [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":61317,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-74759","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/74759\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}