TrataliasLocal stories
Tratalias: understanding the restored village through its houses
Read Tratalias through its houses, streets and restored historic nucleus, distinguishing the surviving heritage from the nearby inhabited town.
THE LOCAL JOURNAL
Every place has a story.
Discover Sulcis Iglesiente, one story at a time.
Places to discover. Stories to remember.
Stories from the region
FluminimaggioreMining heritage
Su Zurfuru: energy and mining memory in Fluminimaggiore
Explore Su Zurfuru in Fluminimaggiore: water power, compressed air, mineral processing and miners’ memories, with guidance for arranging a museum visit.
GonnesaLocal stories
Porto Paglia in Gonnesa: the beach and old tuna settlement
Discover Porto Paglia in Gonnesa: its beach, tuna workers’ housing and fishing concession history, with guidance for understanding the coast and access.
BuggerruNature
Cala Domestica: the bay, dunes and Sa Caletta
Explore Cala Domestica in Buggerru through its bay, dunes and passage to Sa Caletta, with practical guidance for access and observing the landscape.
VillamassargiaArt & architecture
Gioiosa Guardia: reading the castle of Villamassargia
Read Gioiosa Guardia Castle in Villamassargia through its hilltop setting, surviving masonry and a document from 1358, with advice on the approach.
PiscinasArt & architecture
Villa Salazar in Piscinas: architecture and family history
Discover Villa Salazar in Piscinas: the Salazar and Asproni families, the date 1914, its arches and garden, with sources and visiting advice.
MuseiArt & architecture
St Ignatius in Musei: the church and its Jesuit inheritance
Explore St Ignatius church in Musei through its earlier dedication, Rossellò’s inheritance, façade and painted vault, with guidance for visiting.
MasainasNature
Is Solinas: Masainas beach between boardwalks and lagoons
Explore Is Solinas in Masainas through its beach, access paths and nearby lagoons, with historical photographs and practical planning for the Gulf of Palmas.
GibaLocal stories
Villarios: the village rebuilt on Su Estrai hill
Discover why Villarios, a hamlet of Giba, was rebuilt on higher ground and how to distinguish its former site from today’s settlement and farmland.
BuggerruMining heritage
Henry Tunnel: railway tracks in the cliffs of Buggerru
Understand the Henry Tunnel in Buggerru through its mining railway, rock-cut passages and coastal openings, with guidance for planning a visit.
PerdaxiusArt & architecture
San Leonardo in Perdaxius: the church among olive trees
Discover San Leonardo in Perdaxius through its stone façade, rendered walls and olive-tree setting, with historical context and practical orientation.
NuxisArt & architecture
Sant’Elia di Tattinu: a small stone cross in Nuxis
Read the cross-shaped plan, rebuilt dome and masonry of Sant’Elia di Tattinu in Nuxis, distinguishing the country church’s early forms from restoration.