Places in Villamassargia, Sardinia
Villamassargia 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 Villamassargia
- 4 km Musei 57
- 5 km Domusnovas 201
- 10 km Iglesias 354
- 12 km Narcao 18
- 13 km Perdaxius 92
- 15 km Siliqua 7
- 15 km Gonnesa 400
- 16 km Carbonia 116
- 16 km Nuxis 32
- 17 km Vallermosa 2
Points of interest near Villamassargia
Stations
- 2 km Villamassargia-Domusnovas 214
- 9 km Iglesias 359
- 14 km Barbusi 158
Monuments
- 4 km Castello di Gioiosa Guardia 46
- 6 km Dom'e s'Orcu 225
- 7 km Grotte di San Giovanni 225
- 10 km Castello Salvaterra 362
- 12 km Tanca Manna 75
- 15 km Necropoli Montessu 39
Nuraghe
- 5 km Nuraghe Meloni 45
- 16 km Nuraghe Tronu 110
Museums and Libraries
- 5 km Esposizione Etnografica Sotgiu 106
- 10 km Museo Mineralogico Sardo 354
- 16 km Museo Civico di Paleontologia e Speleologia Edouard Alfred Martel 119
- 16 km Museo Archeologico Villa Sulcis 118
Hospitals
- 9 km Presidio Ospedaliero CTO 363
- 10 km Presidio Ospedaliero Santa Barbara 363
- 11 km Presidio Ospedaliero Fratelli Crobu 351
- 16 km Presidio Ospedaliero Sirai 202
Places in Sardinia
