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Arzachena
Arzachena (; sdn, Alzachèna; sc, Altzaghèna) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia, the second largest island off the coast of Italy. Arzachena lies half way between the original Costa Smeralda resort and Porto Rafael, both founded in the late 1950s. After Olbia and Tempio Pausania, it is the third largest commune in Gallura by inhabitants. The ''frazione'' of Porto Cervo is the main resort area of Costa Smeralda for summer tourism, which since the 1960s has replaced agriculture as the main local source of economic activity. Nearby there are numerous archaeological sites from the Nuragic period, including those from a local sub-culture known as Arzachena culture (the necropolis of Li Muri and others). History Located in an area once inhabited by the Arzachena culture, the region was known by the Romans as ''Turibulum'', after a mushroom-shaped rock which is today the symbol of the town. The oldest recorded use of the modern name is in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arzachena Culture
The Arzachena culture was a pre-Nuragic culture of the Late Neolithic Age occupying Gallura (the northeastern part of Sardinia) and part of southern Corsica from approximately the 4th to the 3rd millennium BC. It takes its name from the Sardinian town of Arzachena. Arzachena culture is best known for its megalithic structures, such as the characteristic "circular graves" and menhirs. Both the funerary architecture and the material culture show similarities with contemporary cultures in Catalonia, Languedoc, Provence and Corsica. In contrast to the people of the contemporary Ozieri culture in the rest of Sardinia, the people of the Arzachena culture were organized in an aristocratic and individualistic society focused on pastoralism rather than arable farming.Giovanni Lilliu, La società in Sardegna nei secoli, Prima dei nuraghi, p.13 The Arzachena aristocracy buried their dead in megalithic monuments in the shape of a circle, with a central chamber containing a single ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallura
Gallura ( sdn, Gaddura or ; sc, Caddura ) is a region in North-Eastern Sardinia, Italy. The name ''Gallùra'' is allegedly supposed to mean "stony area". Geography Gallùra has a surface of and it is situated between 40°55'20"64 latitude north and 09°29'11"76 east longitude. It is 187 kilometers from the Italian peninsula and 11 kilometers from the French island of Corsica. The coast of Gallura is very jagged and continues along in a continuous series of small fiords, rock-cliffs and little islands that form the archipelago of La Maddalena, a natural bridge towards nearby Corsica. The landscape is characterised by granite rocks and harsh mountains that, even if not particularly high, have constituted for millennia a barrier between this region and the nearby territories of Baronie and Montalbo. Monte Limbara is the highest mountain (1,362 m/4,469 ft). It represents the boundary between Gallura and the nearby region called Logudoro. Its highest peak is Punta Balestr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necropolis Of Li Muri
The Necropolis of Li Muri is an archaeological site located in the municipality of Arzachena, Sardinia. The necropolis, thought to be a product of the Arzachena culture and dating from the second half of the fourth millennium BC, is composed of five stone cists. Four of the cists are surrounded by stone circles that originally marked the limits of the mound of earth and rubble that was erected over the burial. Bodies were interred inside the cists, probably individually (unlike in the rest of Sardinia where the graves were usually collective). The dead were accompanied by grave goods including pottery, stone vessels, hatchets and beads necklace of steatite and gemstones. The architecture of the necropolis shows strong similarities with contemporary sites of Corsica, Provence and the Pyrenees. The necropolis forms part of the Arzachena Archaeological Park along with two other antiquities: the Nuraghe The nuraghe (, ; plural: Logudorese Sardinian , Campidanese Sardinian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuragic Civilization
The Nuragic civilization, also known as the Nuragic culture, was a civilization or culture on Sardinia (Italy), the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, which lasted from the 18th century BC (Middle Bronze Age) (or from the 23rd century BC ) up to the Roman colonization in 238 BC. Others date the culture as lasting at least until the 2nd century AD and in some areas, namely the Barbagia, to the 6th century AD or possibly even to the 11th century AD. The adjective "Nuragic" is neither an autonym nor an ethnonym. It derives from the island's most characteristic monument, the nuraghe, a tower-fortress type of construction the ancient Sardinians built in large numbers starting from about 1800 BC. Today more than 7,000 nuraghes dot the Sardinian landscape. No written records of this civilization have been discovered, apart from a few possible short epigraphic documents belonging to the last stages of the Nuragic civilization. The only written i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto Cervo
Porto Cervo (; ) is an Italian seaside resort in northern Sardinia. It is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Arzachena, in the province of Sassari. Created by Prince Karim Aga Khan and various other investors, Porto Cervo is the main centre of Costa Smeralda. It has a resident population of 421 inhabitants. Porto Cervo has been named one of the most expensive resorts in the world, along as being a luxury yacht magnet and billionaires' playground. History The village itself was designed in the 1950–1960s by architects and landscape designers such as Jacques Couelle, Luigi Vietti and Michele Busiri Vici. Geography Porto Cervo lies in the northeastern corner of Sardinia, by the Tyrrhenian Coast, some km south of La Maddalena island. It is from Arzachena, from Olbia and from Palau. The Port Porto Cervo has a well-equipped marina consisting of two ports: The Old Port (Porto Vecchio) and the Modern Marina. The Porto Vecchio (old port) in the village of Porto Cervo and it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capo Ferro Lighthouse
Capo Ferro Lighthouse ( it, Faro di Capo Ferro) is an active lighthouse located on the same name promontory which marks the southern entrance to the Strait of Bonifacio and to the Maddalena archipelago, in the municipality of Arzachena, in the north east of Sardinia, Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Description The lighthouse, built in 1858, was activated by the Regia Marina only in 1861 and consists of a masonry white cylindrical tower, high, with balcony and lantern rising from a 2-storey white keeper's house. The lantern, which mounts an optics of the Type ORT3 375 with a Focal length of 187.5 mm., is painted in white, the dome in grey metallic, and it is positioned at above sea level emitting three white flashes in a 15 seconds period visible up to a distance of . The lighthouse is completely automated and operated by the Marina Militare with the identification code number 1146 E.F. See also * List of lighthouses in Italy * Arzachena Arzachena (; sdn, Alzachèna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharm El-Sheikh
Sharm El Sheikh ( ar, شرم الشيخ, ), commonly abbreviated to Sharm, is an Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea. Its population is approximately 53,670 . Sharm El Sheikh is the administrative hub of Egypt's South Sinai Governorate, which includes the smaller coastal towns of Dahab and Nuweiba as well as the mountainous interior, St. Catherine and Mount Sinai. The city and holiday resort is a significant centre for tourism in Egypt, while also attracting many international conferences and diplomatic meetings. Name Sharm El Sheikh ("bay of the wise") is also known as the "''City of Peace''"; Egyptian Arabic: "''Madinet Es-Salam''", referring to the large number of International Peace Conferences that have been held there. Amongst Egyptians and also many visitors, the name of the city is commonly shortened to "Sharm" (), which is its common name in Egyptian Arabic. The name is also someti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Smeralda
The Costa Smeralda (, ; sdn, Monti di Mola; sc, Montes de Mola) is a coastal area and tourist destination in northern Sardinia, Italy, with a length of some 20 km, although the term originally designated only a small stretch in the commune of Arzachena. With white sand beaches, golf clubs, private jet and helicopter services, and exclusive hotels, the area has drawn celebrities, business and political leaders, and other affluent visitors. Costa Smeralda is the most expensive location in Europe. House prices reach up to 300,000 euros ($392,200) per square meter. World Property Journal, April 25, 2013 The main towns and villages in the area, built according to a detailed |
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the 20 regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia and immediately south of the French island of Corsica. It is one of the five Italian regions with some degree of domestic autonomy being granted by a special statute. Its official name, Autonomous Region of Sardinia, is bilingual in Italian and Sardinian: / . It is divided into four provinces and a metropolitan city. The capital of the region of Sardinia — and its largest city — is Cagliari. Sardinia's indigenous language and Algherese Catalan are referred to by both the regional and national law as two of Italy's twelve officially recognized linguistic minorities, albeit gravely endangered, while the regional law provides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cala Di Volpe
Cala di Volpe is a bay and small community located in Arzachena in the province of Sassari, in north-east Sardinia. It lies in the historical and geographical region known as Gallura on the Costa Smeralda. Cala di Volpe is located between the broad beach of Juncu and Capriccioli . The town has a natural harbour. The bay is also famous for its namesake luxury hotel designed by Jacques Couelle and the superpanfili arriving in summer that dock on buoys, which are located in the south cove. Cala di Volpe has a small wooden pier. Some scenes from the James Bond The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ... film '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' were filmed in this resort town. Cities and towns in Sardinia 1922 establishments in Italy States and territories established in 1922 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuraghe Albucciu
The nuraghe (, ; plural: Logudorese Sardinian , Campidanese Sardinian , Italian ), or also nurhag in English, is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardinia, developed during the Nuragic Age between 1900 and 730 B.C. Today it has come to be the symbol of Sardinia and its distinctive culture known as the Nuragic civilization. More than 7,000 nuraghes have been found, though archeologists believe that originally there were more than 10,000. Etymology According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' the etymology is "uncertain and disputed": "The word is perhaps related to the Sardinian place names ''Nurra'', ''Nurri'', ''Nurru'', and to Sardinian ''nurra'' 'heap of stones, cavity in earth' (although these senses are difficult to reconcile). A connection with the Semitic base of Arabic ''nūr'' 'light, fire, etc.' is now generally rejected." The Latin word ''murus'' ('wall') may be related to it, being a result of the derivation: ''murus''–''*muraghe''–n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities And Towns In Sardinia
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
