Nebida, Sardinia
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A breathtaking sight over the whole Lion Gulf from Nebida's Belvedere walkway.
Like stones thrown into the sea, the small islands of S'Agusteri, Il Morto and the gorgeous Pan di Zucchero, a white limestone block measuring 133 meters in height.
In 19th century this path was a railway for mineral transportation. Whole Sardinia itself, but particularily this south-west area, has been a mineral district of huge importance and activity (coal, silver, lead, zinc, iron). The land is disseminated of 19th century abandoned mines and laveries, that undoubtedly deserve a large and deep photographic documentation.
Nebida is a former mining town, located in Sulcis-Iglesiente.
Like Nebida is a former mining town, now tourist area.
Spiaggia di Portu Cauli a Masua, frazione di Iglesias, e vista dell'isolotto del Pan di Zucchero, il ...
In valleys near the San Giorgio mine, one still finds remains of a former rail road, such as this wat...
La torre di Porto Paglia, così come le altre torri costiere della Sardegna, era una torre di difesa u...
The large abandoned zinc-lead sulfide San Giorgio mining complex is seen from a typical Sardinian pin...
The Monteponi processing plant extracted zinc and lead from sulfide ore by means of roasting, oxidizi...
Il Nuraghe Seruci, di costruzione polilobata, fa parte di un complesso nuragico tra i più grandi dell...
Nonostante la città di Carbonia risalga soltanto al 1938, il suo territorio fu abitato sin dal neolit...
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily). The area of Sardinia is 24,090 square kilometres (9,301 sq mi). The island is surrounded (clockwise from north) by the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Tunisia and the Balearic Islands. Sardinia is a constitutional part of Italy, with a special statute of regional autonomy under the Italian Constitution.
