{"id":82802,"date":"2022-06-08T12:37:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T12:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/?page_id=82802"},"modified":"2022-06-08T12:37:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T12:37:27","slug":"areasogliastrawhat-to-see","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/tourist-guide\/areasogliastrawhat-to-see\/","title":{"rendered":"AREAS>OGLIASTRA>WHAT TO SEE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2674.html\">towns and villages<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2673.html\">geography<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2675.html\">the territory<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2680.html\">wildlife<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2681.html\">history<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2682.html\">man and the territory<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/strong>to see<strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2677.html\">local produce<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2683.html\">photo gallery<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2672.html\">how to get there<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>|\u00a0<\/strong><a class=\"rent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/2678.html\"><strong>festivals<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>WHAT TO SEE<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sardiniapoint.it\/opsmedia\/jpg\/912.jpg\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">There are\u00a0several historical and artistic sites in the Ogliastra area; there are also many archaeological sites which bear witness\u00a0to an ancient past.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Archeology<br \/>\n<\/strong>The whole area is dotted with prehistoric remains, including\u00a0<strong>menhirs, &#8220;domus de janas&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>(the so-called fairy tombs),\u00a0<b>nuragic villages, nuraghe towers,\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<strong>&#8220;tombe dei giganti&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>(the so-called giant tombs).<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The archaeological sites can usually be reached via secondary or unsurfaced roads, from the\u00a0local villages or towns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One of the most important sites is the Medieval\u00a0<b>&#8220;Castello di Medusa&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0at Lotzorai, which dates from the &#8220;<em>giudicale<\/em>&#8221; period (XIII century).<\/li>\n<li>Only a short distance away, at\u00a0<b>Santa Maria Navarrese,\u00a0<\/b>there is an XI century\u00a0<b>church<\/b>, although the original structure has been changed in later periods.<\/li>\n<li>In\u00a0some of the most accessible landing-places along the coastline,\u00a0for example in Santa Maria Navarrese and Barisardo, there are some\u00a0<b>Spanish watchtowers<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\">There are several\u00a0<b>churches<\/b>\u00a0of historical interest, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the eighteenth century parish church of Barisardo<\/li>\n<li>the Baroque-style church of Saint Andrew (Sant&#8217;Andrea)\u00a0in Tortol\u00ec<\/li>\n<li>the seventeenth century church at Baunei.<\/li>\n<li>Much smaller,\u00a0<b>countryside churches\u00a0<\/b>(<b>photo:\u00a0<\/b>Baunei-San Pietro al Golgo; M. Vacca) are\u00a0common\u00a0in Ogliastra &#8211; these holy shrines blend perfectly with the natural surroundings, and become welcoming locations during local festivals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>towns and villages\u00a0|\u00a0geography\u00a0|\u00a0the territory\u00a0|\u00a0wildlife\u00a0|\u00a0history\u00a0|\u00a0man and the territory\u00a0|\u00a0to see local produce\u00a0|\u00a0photo gallery\u00a0|\u00a0how to get there\u00a0|\u00a0festivals\u00a0|\u00a0 WHAT TO SEE There are\u00a0several historical and artistic sites in the Ogliastra area; there are also many archaeological sites which bear witness\u00a0to an ancient past. Archeology The whole area is dotted with prehistoric remains, including\u00a0menhirs, &#8220;domus de janas&#8221;\u00a0(the so-called fairy tombs),\u00a0nuragic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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-82802","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82802","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82802"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82804,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82802\/revisions\/82804"}],"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=82802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}