Places in Las Plassas, Sardinia
Las Plassas is a small town located on the border of the Giara di Gesturi plateau and within a short distance from Barumini where to find the best example of nuraghe (pre-historic truncated conic tower) in the complex of Su Nuraxi.The site is enlisted in the Unesco World Heritage and is dated around 1500 BC. Approximately 4 km from Barumini the town of Gesturi is well known to be the starting point for a fabulous excursion to the Giara di Gesturi.
This is a plateau 12 km long and 3 to 6 km wide that steeply arises from the plain beneath. The top of the Giara is perfectly flat and alternates woods of cork oaks to ponds and meadow grass areas. Typical of the Giara are the Cavallini, an ancient Sardinian breed of horses.
The Cavallini are smaller in size than a normal horse, nevertheless they do not lose any of the typical elegance. Their eyes are peculiar, in the shape of an almond. In the Giara you also find the country chapel of Santa Lucia, many nuraghes, domus de janas and pinnetas.
The latter are the typical shepherd's huts, the base of which looks like a nuraghe completed at the top by branches laid down to form a cone.
Places near Las Plassas
- 3 km Barumini 36
- 4 km Villanovafranca 38
- 4 km Tuili 29
- 6 km Pauli Arbarei 36
- 6 km Setzu 33
- 7 km Turri 37
- 7 km Gesturi 39
- 7 km Ussaramanna 42
- 7 km Villamar 20
- 8 km Lunamatrona 41
Points of interest near Las Plassas
Nuraghe
- 2 km Nuraghe Perdedu 34
- 3 km Nuraghi di Su Nuraxi 34
- 3 km Nuraghe Urru 36
- 4 km Nuraghe Paberi 34
- 4 km Nuraghe Turriga 29
- 5 km Nuraghe su Mulinu 35
Monuments
- 3 km Su Nuraxi 34
- 6 km Bruncu de Madili 37
- 6 km Domu s'Orcu 41
Museums and Libraries
- 4 km Museo Archeologico 39
Churches
- 6 km Chiesa di San Sebastiano 38
- 7 km Chiesa di San Quirico Martire 42
Places in Sardinia
