Cammino Minerario di Santa Barbara: Points of interest
Cultural and natural places linked to this walk in the Appy catalogue. Check each location and description to plan your visit.
- Town hall
The building, estimated dimensions 50 x 28 m, proposes a classical hierarchy between the base, portico with full arches, clad in red trachyte, a local material widely used in the construction of…
- Teatro
The building, estimated dimensions 17 x 32 m, is volumetrically conceived as a compact block.
- Torre
The Tower, like all important buildings, is clad in rustic ashlar of red trachyte, sourced from local quarries, with estimated dimensions 10 x 15 m, approximately 27.50 m high, divided into 5…
- Spaccio
The building consists of an elementary volume measuring approximately 40 x 10 x 7 m, covered by a gabled roof.
- School
The building occupies a lot of approximately 15,000 square meters and features a shifted "comb" layout, which includes three building sections, two for classrooms and one for the cafeteria…
- Hospital
The building, estimated to measure 15 x 50 m, is a compact two-story volume.
- Palazzo
The block of buildings occupies a lot of approximately 4,000 square meters and is characterized by a "Z" shaped layout with three above-ground floors.
- School
The building occupies a lot of approximately 9,000 square meters, with its main axis facing the street and two wings extending towards the courtyard, an example of rationalist architecture…
- Spaccio
The building consists of a single-story section, estimated to measure 7 x 28 m, accompanied by a second two-story section, estimated to measure 11 x 38 m, independent and arranged at a right angle…
- Slaughterhouse
The complex occupies a lot of approximately 4,000 square meters and is divided into distinct pavilions arranged along a rational and logical sequence of successive processing.
- Cappella
The chapel, estimated to measure 10 x 20 m, is located within the perimeter of the cemetery area, at the end of the main access avenue.
- Cemetery
the cemetery, which occupies a lot of about 4000 square meters, is completely enclosed by a wall that contains niches, the space is articulated around a central axis of symmetry that goes from the…
- Building
the building consists of a single-level body, estimated dimensions 8 x 28 m, accompanied by a second two-story structure, estimated dimensions 10 x 40 m, independent and arranged at a right angle to…
- Station
the building, estimated dimensions 12 x 34 m, is rectangular in shape, presenting itself as a compact block reinforced by a base made of red trachyte blocks, typical of the area, which emerges on…
- Building
characterized by an 'L' shaped rectangular floor plan, estimated dimensions 5 x 25 m, the building presents itself as a compact block whose front delineating the square in front of the nearby…
- Warehouse
the building, estimated dimensions 16 x 16 m, is characterized by five cantilever beams with variable sections, placed to support the flat roof slab, which at the same time allows covering a large…
- Hotel
the building occupies a lot of about 4800 square meters, presents a 'C' shaped floor plan around a central courtyard and is volumetrically conceived as a compact block, to which smaller portions are…
- Stadium
the facility occupies a lot of about 30000 square meters, has a regular rectangular floor plan with the longer side parallel to the public road, there are large stands for the public, below which…
- Palazzo
the building has a plan characterized by a predominant linear development compared to the other dimensions, overall it has a development of about 190 m.
- Palazzo
The building has a plan characterized by a predominant linear development, compared to other dimensions, with an overall length of about 56 m, parallel to the street.
- Hotel
The building occupies a lot of approximately 4000 square meters and has a 'comb' plan configuration, consisting of a series of four parallel blocks with identical volume, interconnected transversely…
- Cappella
the chapel is located in the middle of the cemetery's enclosing wall and along with the two entrances symmetrically arranged to it and the two lower buildings.
- Cemetery
The cemetery of Cortoghiana, with a square layout, occupies a lot of 10,000 square meters and has a single entrance on the road. The enclosure is made of continuous masonry.
- School
The building is an example of early 20th-century architecture, influenced by late 19th-century and floral styles (early Art Nouveau), and served as a defining element of urban consolidation…
- Town Hall
Situated along one of the most important roadways, the building is characterized by a compact, complete, and reassuring form in its proportions, with a regular rectangular layout, whose shorter…
- Palazzina
The building, developed over two levels, is articulated in three blocks hinged in an S shape, corresponding to various functions.
- Spaccio
The building, developed over two levels, is articulated in three blocks hinged in an S shape, corresponding to various functions.
- Chiesa di S. Andrea Apostolo
The building is located within the urban center, oriented transversely to the road axis.
- Monte Onixeddu Mine, Hydrogravimetric Washery
The washery of Monte Onixeddu currently appears in a state of ruin marked by over 30 years of complete abandonment.
- Grotta di Santa Barbara
Cave covering 3000.0 km². Protected: Italian national heritage.
- Piscinas
Among the tallest living dunes in Europe, shaped by sea winds, rising about 100 metres and running two kilometres inland.
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