Places in Narcao, Sardinia
Narcao is a small centre right in the area of south west Sardinia also known as the mining region. When describing the mining region, the first thing to do is clarifying one main point. The landscape is not industrial, nor irritatingly boring and bare.For three main reasons: firstly, when the mines were conceived the mining technique was mainly based on wells and tunnels; secondly, the mines were at the peak of their production before and during World War II, so that when the last mine closed in 1995, no major investments had been done for years; finally, buildings and equipments were not demolished or destroyed but abandoned.
All this means that the surrounding hills have not been flatten out, vegetation is luxuriant and the life in the mine can be easily imagined by looking at the ruins. Actually, the local government has pushed to revaluate this area by organizing events and by instituting the geo-mineral regional park.
The main cities in this huge area are Iglesias and Carbonia (carbone is the Italian name for coal), the latter built from scratch in 1937 and officially inaugurated in 1938 by Mussolini with a short speech from the city tower.
Today there are only a couple of mines still open but the production has stopped. The mining region is quite large, spreading across the provinces of Sulcis-Iglesiente and Medio Campidano. Mines and wells are scattered pretty much throughout the whole territory but the highest concentration is from the town of Iglesias (mines of Monteponi, Bindua and San Giovanni) towards the coast (Nebida and Masua) and moving north along the road to Buggerru (Montecani and Acquaresi).
In the province of Medio Campidano you should go straight to Ingurtosu and Montevecchio, in the valley just north of Arbus.
Places near Narcao
- 5 km Perdaxius 95
- 6 km Nuxis 38
- 7 km Villaperuccio 63
- 9 km Santadi 82
- 11 km Piscinas 140
- 11 km Giba 158
- 12 km Tratalias 198
- 12 km Villamassargia 217
- 13 km Carbonia 118
- 14 km Masainas 258
Points of interest near Narcao
Monuments
- 3 km Necropoli Montessu 45
- 4 km Tanca Manna 77
- 9 km Fortezza di Piani Loriga 116
- 10 km Castello di Gioiosa Guardia 44
Nuraghe
- 5 km Nuraghe is Pintus 52
- 5 km Nuraghe Manigas 54
- 6 km Nuraghe Perdosu 50
- 7 km Nuraghe Frassu 115
- 7 km Nuraghe Tronu 115
- 9 km Nuraghe Diana 88
Museums and Libraries
- 9 km Museo Archeologico Comunale 87
- 9 km Casa Museo Sa Domu Antiga 98
- 13 km Museo Civico di Paleontologia e Speleologia Edouard Alfred Martel 122
- 13 km Museo Archeologico Villa Sulcis 120
Places in Sardinia
