Wendy on the Nuraghic tower

Nuraghic settlement, Santa Christina

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May 19th 2011
19 May 2011 Our first stop was at the village of Milis where we supposed to be able to buy the locally grown oranges, but we couldn’t find anywhere to get them so they must have been out of season. Not far from there was another Nuraghic settlement, Santa Christina, which was both interesting and very pretty as it was set in a shady grove of olive trees. It contained a single tower 15m high wh ... read more

Europe » Italy

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more