Paulilatino - Italy

Paulilatino (OR)

Sardinia (Italy)

Surrounded by olive groves and cork forests of this agricultural village located at the edge of the plateau basalt Abbasanta. The houses are dark stone, with portals in Aragonese style and wrought iron balconies. Dark also the parish of St. Theodore of the seventeenth century Gothic-Aragonese, a rose colored glass onion and bell. The Palace is open Atzori an ethnographic museum that collects everyday objects and household utensils typical of the area. 4 km from the town center on highway 131, turning it arrives at the village of Santa Cristina Nuraghe. A dry wall bounds the archaeological zone consists of a well-temple dedicated to the worship of Mother Goddess dating from the first millennium BC Well, to trapezoidal entrance, is in excellent condition. A staircase with wide steps down to the vaulted chamber. Nearby is a fence that would serve as a meeting room. The sacredness of the place has survived the centuries, so that in Christian times was built a church dedicated to Santa Cristina. As in ancient times, the faithful continue to flock to the church surrounded by a village muristenes, the homes of novenanti, the feast of the saint is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. To the right of the church in the woods of olive trees, it opens another archaeological site that includes a small Nuraghe and two well-preserved stone huts, the rectangular plan. The best preserved is fourteen meters long and two high.