Sardegna

Sardinia

Sardinia is much older than the italian Peninsula. Its structure is complex and quite differentiated. It has areas of granite, of volcanic rocks and large karst areas.

The north and the south-east are built on granites, forming a unique landscape with strange rock formations. The west is volcanic with basalt and other volcanic rocks. The east is covered with slate and calcareous sediments. The south-west is famous for its resources like coal and lead and tin ores. They were mined two thousand years ago by Romans and Phoenicians.

The island has numerous karst areas, currently 4,000 caves are known. We have listed 12 show caves, but the official number is 9. We guess it depends on how you define the term show cave.

Literature

• Alberto Moravetti, Paolo Melis , Lavinia Foddai , Elisabetta Alba (2017): La Sardegna Preistorica, Corpora delle antichità della Sardegna. pdf

• Necropoli di Anghelu Ruju
• Museo dell’Arte Mineraria
• Grotta di Bue Marino
• Grotte di Cala Luna
• Grotte Domus de Janas
• Grotta del Fico
• Sorgenti Su Gologone
• Galleria Henry
• Grotte Is Janas
• Grotte Is Zuddas
• Voragine di Ispinigoli
• Miniera di Masua
• Grotta del Miracolo
• Miniera Monteponi
• Miniera Montevecchio
• Miniera di Naracauli
• Grotte di Nettuno
• Sa Oche ’e Su Bentu
• Grotta di San Michele/Ozieri
• Grotta dei Palombi
• Miniera di Rosas
• Grotta di S. Giovanni di Domusnovas
• Grotta di Santa Barbara
• Museo del Carbone della Grande Miniera di Serbariu
• Necropoli di Sant’Andrea Priu
• Necropoli di Santu Pedru
• Sa Rocca
• Su Stampu de su Turrunu
• Su Mannau Grotte
• Grotta di Su Marmuri
• Grotta Taquisara
• Tiscali
• Grotta Verde

• See also
• Search Duck Duck Go for "Sardinia"
• Caves of Sardinia
• minieredisardegna.it, mines in Sardinia. ( )
• La Storia delle miniere della Sardegna, the history of mining in Sardinia. ()
• Storia Mineraria della Sardegna, the history of mining in Sardinia. ()
• Sardinien, Landschaft und Höhlen (visited: 28-JUL-2011) by Franz Lindenmayr. ()