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Discover Sulcis Iglesiente, one story at a time.
Stories from the region
Sant’AntiocoArt & architecture
Explore the façade, dome and extensions of Sant’Antioco Martire Basilica and learn to recognise the different phases of the church in Piazza Parrocchia.
PortoscusoArt & architecture
Explore Portoscuso’s Spanish Tower through its tapered shape, raised entrance and terrace: coastal defence expressed in architecture.
Sant’AntiocoArchaeology
Reading the Sant’Antioco tophet through its rocky setting, cremation urns, stone stelae and interpretations of the Phoenician and Punic sanctuary.
Sant’AntiocoArt & architecture
Why Sant’Antioco built Forte Su Pisu, how to read its defensive walls and what happened during the October 1815 attack.
IglesiasArt & architecture
Explore the San Francesco cloister in Iglesias through surviving arches, cells and changing uses, distinguishing evidence from reconstruction.
CarboniaArt & architecture
Read Carbonia Town Hall through its arcades, stonework, windows and public spaces: historic architecture and civic use.
CarboniaArchaeology
Su Carroppu near Sirri: archaeological layers, dating and ancient DNA research reveal a site used before the Neolithic.
CarboniaArt & architecture
Discover Piazza Marmilla in Carbonia through its stepped seating, performances, civil ceremonies and documented changes to the surrounding public space.
IglesiasArt & architecture
Explore Iglesias Diocesan Museum through silverwork, vestments and sculpture, distinguishing the collection, liturgical functions and changing displays.
CarboniaMining heritage
Carbonia’s former FMS station preserves traces of a vanished network: station buildings, coal transport and the transition from trains to buses.
IglesiasMining heritage
At Museo GeoPunto in Genna Luas, explore geology through rock specimens, a relief model of Sardinia, an interactive sandbox and the Pozzo Morra headframe.
IglesiasTraditions
Explore traditional dress from Iglesias: head coverings, skirts, waistcoats, social variations and the museum preserving this clothing heritage.
