IglesiasNature
Pan di Zucchero at Masua: understanding the limestone giant
Discover Pan di Zucchero off Masua: limestone origins, neighbouring sea stacks, coastal plants and viewpoints around Iglesias, with photographs and sources.
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
CarboniaArchaeology
Nuraghe Sirai: the craftspeople’s fortress at Carbonia
Explore Nuraghe Sirai in Carbonia through its towers, pottery and glass workshop: evidence of Nuragic and Phoenician interaction, with access information.
IglesiasArt & architecture
Valverde in Iglesias: a medieval facade, vaults and paintings to rediscover
Explore Valverde Church in Iglesias: its stone facade, 1592 vault, late-Gothic chapel and predella now in Cagliari, with sources and visiting pointers.
CarboniaMining heritage
Bacu Abis: coal before Carbonia and life in the mining village
Discover Bacu Abis, part of Carbonia: nineteenth-century coal mining, Castoldi shaft, workers’ housing, Saint Barbara and the village theatre.
IglesiasArt & architecture
Salvaterra Castle in Iglesias: understanding a transformed fortress
Discover Salvaterra Castle in Iglesias through its medieval drawing, later rebuilding and nineteenth-century uses, with pointers for planning a visit.
CarboniaArt & architecture
Cortoghiana: Piazza Venezia and Saverio Muratori’s urban design
Explore Cortoghiana through Piazza Venezia, its colonnades and Saverio Muratori’s design: a walk through the architecture of the mining settlement.
IglesiasMining heritage
Lamarmora washery in Nebida: the ore-processing plant by the sea
Understand Lamarmora washery in Nebida: ore treatment, its hillside layout and how to view this mining heritage site from a safe distance.
CarboniaArt & architecture
San Ponziano in Carbonia: a twentieth-century church of stone and memory
San Ponziano Church in Carbonia: its 1938 design, stone facade, nave and aisles, bell tower and artworks, with practical pointers for a visit.
IglesiasArt & architecture
San Francesco in Iglesias: arches, chapels and a star vault
Discover San Francesco Church in Iglesias through its nave, side chapels, heraldic carvings and star vault, with a guide to its Catalan Gothic architecture.
CarboniaArchaeology
Cannas di Sotto in Carbonia: understanding an urban necropolis
Explore Cannas di Sotto in Carbonia: rock-cut tomb entrances, evidence of reuse and the relationship between the necropolis and Sa Grutta urban park.
IglesiasArt & architecture
Iglesias medieval walls: gates, towers and the fortified town
Discover the medieval walls of Iglesias through gates, towers and urban change, distinguishing the historic circuit from the remains visible today.
CarboniaArt & architecture
Piazza Roma in Carbonia: a town organised around its public square
Explore Piazza Roma in Carbonia through its town hall, theatre and public space, with a walking approach to the planned town’s architecture.