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Mural by Manu Invisible

Beautiful mural depicting the wheat harvest in the fields.

A small town in the metropolitan city of Cagliari, characterised by important pre-Nuragic and Nuragic archaeological sites (such as the nuraghes of Casteddu de Fanaris and Monte Idda, and the Domu de Janas of Sant’Iroxi).

On the ruins of what were once Roman baths, traces of which can still be seen, a church now stands.

According to legend, the Acquafredda Castle was built by the Gherardesca family, Counts of Donoratico, when they acquired southeastern Sardinia. In fact, in 1257, the fortress came into the possession of Ugolino of Donoratico, lord of the Cagliarani territory, immortalized by Dante in Canto 23 of the Inferno. However, the castle is older, as it is already mentioned in a papal bull of 1215. After Ugolino's death (1288), it passed into the possession of Pisa, then to the Aragonese (1324), and subsequently to several feudal lords until it was redeemed by Victor Amadeus III (1785). From the top of a mountain, the castle dominates the territory of Siliqua, four kilometers away. Climbing its slopes, the view sweeps from the green valley of the Cixerri to Cagliari, from the Marmilla to the Iglesias area. At dawn and dusk, their shadows extend across the valley.

At the gates of Cagliari, the Conti Vecchi salt pans are an immense natural area and an industrial archaeology site. Salt, nicknamed "white gold", has been extracted here for decades and this place, owned by Conti Vecchi, is now enhanced by the Fondo Ambiente Italiano. To visit them, here is the dedicated page on the FAI website: https://fondoambiente.it/luoghi/saline-conti-vecchi/visita.

Less busy alternative for entering Cagliari

The white mountains shine in the sun, separated by the green of the Mediterranean scrub and the pink pools, which reflect the color of the flamingos that nest there undisturbed: this is the evocative landscape of the Contevecchi salt pans, where for almost a century man and nature have coexisted in harmony. The modern plants, still in operation, coexist with the memory told by the factories and machinery of a bygone era. Here the activity has never stopped, resisting wars and industrial crises from 1931 until today. It is impressive and beautiful to observe the salt mountains which sometimes seem incredibly high.