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Lovely 2 bedroom ground floor apartment in a villa -65 mq with kitchen, 1 bedroom with a double bed and 1 room with 2 single beds and bath. The villa is externally covered in wood, stone and marble. In the house: pottery, refrigerator, freezer, furnace, common washing machine, television, reservoir water, and a sofa bed. There is the possibility to rent bed linen and from bath.
Outside is a large garden of 7000 mq, covered width veranda in wood, barbecue, shower, and private parking. The villa has an identical apartment, so we can accommodate large groups as well.
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The Sardinia region
THE TERRITORY
The Gulf of Orosei is opened on the coast orients them of the Sardinia. E' a symmetrical arc that goes from Black Head - to north - to Head Saint Mount, to south. Fulco Pratesi and Franco Tassi, in their "Guide to the Nature of the Sardinia", on purpose of the Gulf of Orosei say: "... probably the beautiful feature of the Italian shoreline in the absolute sense and, without a shadow of doubt, most sour and wild". Along the coast line small beaches, walls to peak are ollowed beach, on the sea. The Mediterranean spot and forests lecci of the inside of the Sardinia arrive until the sea. On the steep limestone walls they are present secular junipers folds to you from the wind. The Gulf of Orosei is the marine forehead of the “Supramonte”: an immense rich still wild montuoso territory of forests and lunar landscapes. Along the high walls numerous birds are present as the rare hawk of the Queen, the travelling hawk and the rarest Aquila of the Bonelli. Little more to north than Orosei, the River Cedrino, is thrown in deep and teeming with fish waters of the Gulf Orosei is a country much ancient one, the human presence is testified from some “domus de janas” of "Saint culture Michele". If they find some dug in the walls of they of “Zarule” and in the limekilns of “Canale Longu” and “Conca Ruia” goes. Along the Cedrino they have been found many coves inhabited of the neolithic period and quite to the paleolitico, (cove of “Corbeddu”, goes them of “Lanaittu” in territory of Oliena: 11,000 years a.C. and perhaps before) More important the nuragica civilization is introduced, with the presence of 20 nuraghi (Sardinian ancient houses): the some nearest ones the sea like those of Urcatu Mount and Gulunie, others, and are more, on the golleis like Nurache ` e Portu, Nurache Rampinu e Know Linnarta and other anchor on the Tuttavista mount, Panatta and on the plain. Around to some of these they are develops you of the large villages of poor huts, inhabited or from shepherds or peasants. Traces of takeovers of roman age are noticed in more locality. Particularly meant there are capitelli and the remainders of columns in basalt stone that are found on the hill that it takes the name from the entitled church to Lucia Saint, which were constructed, probably, on the foundations of roman preesistente tempio For it gets passionate to it to you of immersions, to approximately 2 miles from the coast, on I found them of 34 meters, can be visited the property left at death one of the KT, means from sunk German disembarkation during the second world war
Climate: Its great vicinity to the sea, the country enjoys a mild climate in winter (is frequent much the closing of the almonds tree at the beginning of January), while in summer the rather high temperature with the presence of the marine breeze. Thanks to these favorable conditions Orosei are set offing to become an appreciated tourist centre more and more
THE ECONOMY
Agricolture: the plain of the Cedrino favors an intensive agriculture that feeds a modest current trades directed them towards the inner zones and the coastal localities. The system of the water net basement has allowed to cultivate of the otherwise impossible cultivations: in particular orchards, olive groves and vineyards. Lately the entrepreneurial spirit of some young people, has carried to the birth of agricultural cooperatives that head at specialistic cultivations: exotic plants from graft and
Handicraft: Also not boasting great handicraft traditions from some year beside the traditional activities, which working of the directed wood and the iron to a home market, if of it they develop tied others to the gastronomic production: typical bread "carasattu", cakies, fresh paste. Of minor relief the working of the ceramics and the Sardinian traditional jewels
Extractive activity: the extraction and the working of the marble and the granito one is carrying activities of the economy of Orosei. The first transformation of the materials happens in native place while the rifiniture of the blocks and the semifinished ones happens in the laboratories from the which part the export in several parts of the world.
Orosei - Nuoro area
WHAT TO SEE TO OROSEI:
Historical Centre: The churches, the prisons and the pisana tower are some of the testimonies of the more important periods of the history of Orosei from the Middle Ages to late the 1600's; the olds palaces inhabit a time to you from the agrarian bourgeoisie and mercantile they go back to the 1800's, if then watched beyond walls to them and it cancels of the private centre you will be able to catch a glimpse the garden in style Arab-Spanish. The route of the historical centre crosses alleys, ladders and tightened passages that leave from the public square of the People to the public square of the "Sas Animas" (the spirits): you will be able to admire "sas prejones" (the prisons) ancient jail and “sos palatzos betzos” (the old palaces), opened to the visitors in particular occasions like the manifestation of "Cortes Apertas" (open houses). To the centre dela country we find public square of the People with the presence of the splendid church of Saint Greater Giacomo (XIII century), formed from five cupolas, one large and four more small. On the opposite side of the public square, the church of the Rosary (XVII century), while behind the apse of the parochial one century is found the church of Croce Saint (XVII). In via Aldo Moor, where century is found the church of the Spirits (XV), is reached in public square “Sas Animas” in which the medioevale tower is found, only element survivor of the ancient castle. The role and the importance of the place here are confirmed from the presence of numerous rooms and buildings, examples of civil architecture of the XV and XVII century. In via Musio, the museum entitled to the citizen of Orosei is worth a visit don Giovanni Guiso, whose particular collections have been donated to the Common one. In the beautiful ones it knows them are present important designs Italian artists of XX the century between which Manzù and De Chirico, olds and rare books on the Sardinia, traditional dresses and customs
Domus de Jana Di “Conca Ruia”: The cove of “Conca Ruia” (red head) is opened to m 225 of quota, on one wall of the side north-oriental of the Tuttavista mount. it is arrived on foot for a long path approximately km 1,3 to Km 4,9 of the S.S. N. 129. The cove contains two “domus de janas”. Before, to the outside, small cell of round shape is introduced like one communicating with the outside with a hatch; given the reduced dimensions it had to accommodate one or to the maximum two persons. The second one, dug to the inside, and made with 2 doors communicating between of they for means of a hatch
Nuragico village of “Sa Linnarta" The distance that door to the nuraghe of Knows Linnarta (the high firewood) passes for one dirt road who, to km the 228,85 of SS 125 for Olbia. The immense land, approximately three hectares of extension, not still dug, is found along a basaltic plateau and controlled like others nuraghi the access of the valley that was opened from the inside towards the sea. This of Linnarta is one of the nuragici villages more goes you of the E region had to be also one of the more important of the zone, like is deductible from its strategic position to 154 m on the sea level, from the fortress constituted from a nuraghe composed from a body it centres them more others two lateral towers of I reinforce and from one sacred source mail to 30 m approximately from the nuraghe. In the sink, which it is approached through a scale in stone, ancient rituals were celebrated de cult of waters
Nuraghe “Rampinu” To km the 227,850, on the left of the S.S. N. 125, an gate introduces in a narrow lane that covered for 800 m leads to the nuraghe. Place on the hill dominates goes it them of “Zarule”. In this monument mysterious writings affected the stones are present in which some they read the name of “Tinia”, Etruscan God correspondent to Zeus-Giove of the Greeks and the Roman. Following the road abandoned previously to approximately 350. m to North of this nuraghe the ruins of the nuragico village of “Orgoi” are caught up, of which some huts and one are visible sacred source
The Communal museum G. Guiso The museum takes to name from Giovanni Guiso, notary public who, from infancy and for all the long career to Siena, has constituted the collection, donating it finally to the common one been born them whose it is remained always deeply legacy. Composed E' on three levels and has centre in the restructured Palatzos Vetzos (old palaces), building of the six hundred that was barracks of the Real Police officers. Slowly Association of Bologna land and. Exposed E' one collection of thirty teatrini from XVIII the century today: teatrini-giocattolo; teatrini professional for shows to payment; Slowly land. Introduced E' a collection of designs of "roman School" (1930-1945), in homage to the Understood one them where the collector has completed the advanced and university studies. The "roman School", of Raphaël, Scipione, Mafai and others, represented the artistic revolt of the nine hundred against the Academy. Slowly first risen. Present E' one collection of olds and rare books of Sardinian argument (Moris, Lamarmora, Minneau, Cetti, Cossu, Porqueddu) and all the literary production of Nobel of Nuoro: Grazia Deledda. Moreover, pearl of the collection, the Constitution de on Santiss. S. N. SISTU POPE V contra sos who esercitan of Art de s' Astrology, 1587, in Sardinian language, only existing copy to the world. Slowly second. Exposed E' the collection of "dress-custom": dressed from mask of years ' 30 of the 1900's; feminine heads of high fashion belonged to friends and relatives of the collector, manifacture to you from the 1880 (Patou, Ventura, Schubert, Dior, Valentino, Curiel, Cappucci, Versace). Slowly second. They are present works and furnitures of art of Siena, homage of the Guiso to the Tuscany city where he has lived: between these the painting "the sacrifice of Elia", the the six hundred artist of Raffaello Vanni
Orosei has one rich history of manifestations and traditions, Here a directory of the main manifestations:
Saint' Antonio Abate - 16 January It is one of the festivities in which more one is perceived strongly loads social and rituale, tied to the preparation and ignition of a great fire in honour of the Saint. To leave from of the Epifania with truck and other means of every type, the inhabitants of the country, supply to the collection and the transport of firewood that comes put to the inside of the great courtyard of S. Antonio, where, beside the tower, have been previously planted a high pole of cypress (on pirone). The afternoon of 16 January, eve of the festivity, the stack of firewood will have assumed a conical shape in the apex will be one great cross of oranges. To the 17,30, the clergyman, preceded from simulacro benedice the fire ignited in more points. The great crowd that follows the ceremony begins to complete around to the fire the three rituali turns, while, defies the high flames, a group of boys adventure to the conquest of the oranges of the cross. Hand by hand that the intense heat of flames removes the visitors at a distance, to the inside of the small rooms the committee distributes wine, cafè and above all the typical cake of this festivity: on pistiddu (sweet made up of flour, natural honey and aromas) and on bread nieddhu (flour, honey, I leaven and sapa). At the same time to this, that we could define the fire of the community, they are ignited in the ways of the country (in a courtyard, one public square) other fires of similar shape, but of reduced dimensions much more, prepared from single families for a made ballot the saint.
Lucia saint - 13 Decembers she comes celebrated two times to the year, 13 December and the first Sunday after Passover. Draft of one festivity with songs and music folk. To the statue of Lucia Saint traditional sweet offers come prepare you for the occasion.
Sant' Isidoro - 15 May It is processione much simple one that makes 15 May (or Sunday next) in honour of S. Isidoro agriculturist, whose statue is found in the church of Grazie. From the morning soon the agriculturists, that they constituted in passed the portion more consisting of the population, adorn with every kind of flowers their wagons with the cows having to the neck one or more little bells. To the centre of the wagon a group will not never lack ears, purposely chosen and conserved from the previous year. Towards the 10,30 wagons, cargos of boys in traditional custom, converge all in the church of Grazie from where the processione will leave that, in along turn, will cover the main ways of the country. Before the celebration of the putting it is proceeded to the blessing of the animals.
Saint Maria ` and Sea - the last Sunday of May The last Sunday of May is celebrated. The more characteristic element is the processione. This, part to hours 17, from the main public square of the country with in head the simulacro of the Saint continuation from the confraternite ones from the groups in traditional custom and the crowd. He arrives you to the bridge on the Cedrino, the statue, the clergyman and the confratelli take place on the boats adorned of flowers from the fishermen and the several cultural associations that lend themselves already to the decoration work from the first hours of the morning. The boats, with in head that one of the saint, offer in long row, slipping long disc of a valve the river, in order to catch up, after 2 km, the church near the foce. The small boats, arrived to the height of the church, before landing on the river are aligned so as to leave the centre that one of the saint, than in order before it will touch earth, greeted from along applause of the crowd.
Saint Giacomo - 25 Saint July Giacomo Apostle, the patron of Orosei, celebrates the 25 July with a religious processione accompanied from manifestations which folkloristic shows, plays, cabaret and a concert
Madonna of the Remedy - september: E' the longer festivity (18 days); About it Nobel speaks to the prize Grazia Deledda in most famous of its novels "Canes to the wind". The ritual renews every year: the friday of the first week of september, the families moves to the sanctuary, occupying one of "cumbessias" assigned to fate. Numerous they are naturally the sacred functions, all announced from the sound of the bell.
Rituals of the Saint Week: Thanks to the uninterrupted activity of the confraternite ones of Orosei, the rituals of the Saint week conserve evocative elements still today. The more spectacular ceremonies are had in three processioni, that they take the name from "sos sepurcros" (the sepolcri), "su brossolu" (rocks), "s' incontru" (the encounter) and that the thursday, the friday and the morning of Passover are carried out respective. Sos sepurcros (the sepolcri), than is found in the eight churches that will come visited from the processione, is of the compositions of flowers (characteristic "nenneres", the plates composed from high steles of made grass to sprout without light) whose centre is present the dead Christ. Su brossolu (literally it rocks) is the coffin in which it comes put the statue, venerato the previous day in the sepolcro of the oratory of S. Croce. In the processione, to su brossolu the two groups are accompanied also call you of Maria (the Given pain one) and of the Cross. S' incontru celebrates the encounter between the revived Christ and its mother. The drama this event is come emphasized moment for moment from the song of "gotzos" (sacred hymns or of laudi in Sardinian language), executed from the chorus of the confratelli, while the joy for the resurrezione explodes, at the moment de s' incontru with rifle shots and from the sounds of the bells
The beaches: The beaches of Orosei they begin with that one of Bidderosa to the border with the territory of Siniscola. Arriving from north, s' the stone meets on the right the forest barracks of “Sa Petra Bianca" (white woman), from where it leave a narrow lane that s' forwards in the beautifulst one reserves naturalistic, that it encircles a charming sea. The forest body during the high season, imposes a limit and a toll to the income with the car. Continuing towards south, always on the left, the crossing for Cala Ginepro, where a remarkable tourist village rises that encircles the beach, to which it is arrived practically in machine. Returning on the main road, after approximately two kilometers, the crossroad for Cala Liberotto is found, in which series of beaches are inserted one. From north to south they are present the beaches of Mattanosa, Cala Liberotto and Fuile ‘e Mare. The beaches they have been encircled from tourist structures, but they have conserved their traditional beauty, Cala Liberotto is indeed one of the more famous tourist localities of the east coast. Continuing on it orients them Sardinian, in correspondence of the crossing for the country finds Marina di Orosei, one wonderful shoreline cut from the foce of the Cedrino river. This beach part comes called "Isporoddai", continuing towards south catches up the feature of "Su Barone" and still beyond it is arrived to the Beach of Osalla, where a small wharf marks the border with the common one of Dorgali
How to get there
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Nearest Travel Links
Airport:
Olbia: 90 km
Ferry:
Olbia: 90 km
Activities near Orosei - Nuoro
Sports: Watersports Fishing
Great for: Walking holidays Rural / countryside retreats Beach or lakeside relaxation Cycling holidays
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