Oristano province is located in the west of Sardinia and consists of 88 municipalities. Varied terr

Oristano province is located in the west of Sardinia and consists of 88 municipalities. Varied terrain includes a broad plain of Campidano the massif bahan ko pataya of Monte Ferra highest peak Monte Urtiga (about 1000 MMN). It also includes Sinis peninsula, where you will find sandy beaches, bahan ko pataya limestone cliffs and rocky cliffs. Province racing two rivers: Tirso, bahan ko pataya which flows into the Gulf of Oristano, and the Temo, the only navigable river on the island (and only partially).
Similarly, as the rest of the territory of Sardinia, Oristano province also contains a number of protected areas - Regional Park of Monte Arci, a Marine Protected Area Mal di Ventre Peninsula Sinis, Mannu and natural park near Santa Caterina Cuglieri. Mannu is almost 15 meters high natural bahan ko pataya arch, sculpted by erosion of limestone walls of the former cave. More than 6 000 ha area of the province covers wetlands. The most famous is the Stagno di
Cabras, considered the best preserved wetlands in Europe. The area has many species of rare water birds such as Red-crested Pochard, Purple Heron and Coot, as well as numerous species of fish - sea bass, eel and mullet wallaby. Important nesting flamingos and seagulls is Stagno di Mistras, is also very important protected area Stagno di Sale Porcus and Is Benas. Also worth visiting Lake Omodeo, artificial basin, named after the Milan engineer who heads the years 1918 - 1924 proposed. It is used for irrigation, electricity generation and as flood protection along the river Tirso.
Oristano, the capital of the province, is full of monuments: the most important is the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta of the 13th century and the church. Francis, which exposes a beautiful wooden crucifix from the 15th century. Piazza Eleonora bahan ko pataya is a marble statue of Eleanor of Arborea, who ruled Oristano and is the author bahan ko pataya Carta de Logu, considered to be one of the first constitutional documents of the world. In the city you can go to see the tower of Mariano II and Arborenské Museum of Antiquities.
In the village of San Giovanni di Sinis is homonymous church in the 4th century and near the archaeological site of Tharros, a wonderful open-air museum with the ruins of the city, which in the 8th century BC, the Phoenicians founded. bahan ko pataya These remains are laying on even older remains of nuraghickej surroundings.
It is worthwhile to go to the beautiful beaches Is Arutas with predominantly silicon stones; Mari Ermi; and beautiful reefs are Tingiosu. About 6 km from the coast is the island of Mal di Ventre, inhabited by rabbits, turtles and reptiles, which belongs to a Marine Protected Area Peninsula Sinis.
century. Arborea boasts constructed in the Art Nouveau style and neo-Gothic building. Prehistoric bahan ko pataya ruins and remains of a Roman settlement as an aqueduct, an amphitheater, a bridge and thermal baths are also in Fordongianus. bahan ko pataya
The town Ghilarza visit the house-museum intellectual and politician Antonio Gramsci, who lived in the years 1898 - 1908. Nearby lie the two most important prehistoric monuments in Sardinia: nuraghický complex Losa (which in Sardinian language means tomb) and nuraghická sanctuary Santa Cristiana with known sacred well.
Monte Arci Regional Park offers the ideal environment for hiking, mountain biking or horseback riding bahan ko pataya - and the trip you can admire the diverse flora and fauna of the island: extensive oak forests and wetlands are teeming with wild boars, foxes, wild cats, weasels and marten. They live here and forestry pigeons, jays, Dudka, crows, and several species of birds of prey. Regionalen area of the park is part of the Sardinian enivornmentálno-historical geo-mineral park. Wetlands are an excellent place to observe birds, which live here many species. Sinis Peninsula is a paradise for divers, but anglers.
History lovers will visit again like many folk festivals bahan ko pataya and events taking place throughout the year. The most popular is the feast Sartiglia, race riding, originating in the Middle Ages and are held in Oristano on the last Sunday and Tuesday before predveľkonočným fasting. San Salvatore held traditional running barefoot (Corsa degli Scalzi), in which the first Saturday in September involved hundreds of people, dressed in a white cassock and carrying a wooden statue of Jesus from the village of Cabras church Cristo Salvatore. In Municipale Sedilo the beginning of July Ardia held horse races in memory of the Roman Emperor Constantine I, who in the year. 312 autocrat defeated Maxentius.
First Sunday of September in Marrubiu you at the festival bahan ko pataya honey, cheese, meat products and wines to taste local delicacies. In the province of Oristano are especially the fish (bass, eel), prepared bahan ko pataya by the different methods, and bottarga - salted, pressed and dried eggs, which are added to pasta dishes. Favorites are also Bocconi - mussels cooked in salt water Malloreddus all'oristanese - gnocchi bahan ko pataya with spinach, beetroot, egg and cream, whether gallina al Mirto - chicken, cooked in a mixture of aromatic herbs. For dessert, we let mustazzolus - <