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Consortium of Communes in Mountain Areas N. 3__ |
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The Consortium of Communes in Mountain Areas N.3 includes the
communes of Aggius, Aglientu, Bortigiadas, Calangianus, Luogosanto,
Luras, Tempio Pausania, Trinità d’Agultu and Vignola for a total
of 1,247 Sq. Km..and with a population of 29,848 inhabitants.
The profile of its territory is irregular and tormented: the high
part is mountainous, the lower one is hilly and, in some parts
flat.
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It enjoys a privileged geographical position, as from the over
1,000 meters of altitude of the Limbara, one can reach the sea in
just over half an hour. Geologically the rocks of Gallura belong
to the Paleozoic granites which after an eruption contributed to
the formation of the Sardinian-Corsican system 300 million years
ago. The granite is, therefore, the most representative geomorphic
element of Gallura and it constitutes an unmistakable skeleton,
in aspect as a true mountainous chain, such as the Limbara and the
Resegone of Aggius, and with apocalyptic falls of rocks. The
borders of these rocks have been modelled through the millenniums
by endogenous and exogenous agents in eccentric and incredible
shapes and in hollows that were used very often as residences and
tombs by the prehistoric populations.
From the archaeological point of view, Gallura is the centre of
the " culture of megalithic circles " or of Arzachena, a
prehistoric facies of the recent Neolithic that dates back to the
third millennium B.C. and that shows characters of absolute
originality in the context of the various phases of Sardinian
prehistory. |
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The culture of the circles, according to recent discoveries, is
also present in internal areas of the higher part of Gallura (Pitrischeddu,
Aggius). The high part of Gallura can be clearly differentiated by
the rest of Sardinia for its forests of oak trees and cork
heritage, as well as for its thriving brushwood of heather,
strawberry-tree, broom, oleaster, that influence the climate of
the mountain territory and which save numerous faunal species from
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The
craftsmanship, mainly of cork and textiles, the workmanship of
granite, fishing, the production of the vermentino and of the
muscat wines, and of particular types of sausages (salami,
sausages, hams), different culinary originalities (ziminu,
suppa cuata, mazzafrissa, pulilgioni, etc.) are all the
results of working activities in which the people of Gallura
translate the essential features of the their “cultural”
creativeness. |
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