This modest home of the political theorist Antonio Gramsci is now a study centre dedicated to the great man. A library, meeting hall, taped reminiscences...

This site dates to the Middle Bronze Age and is a flat grassy area surrounded by a perimeter wall. The wall gives an idea of...

The Museo Archeologico – Etnografico is housed in a fine restored 17th Century building. It has a contrasting and interesting collection which includes finds from...

The complex is a wide-ranging site spread among a shady grove of olive trees and is well worth a visit. Here you will find a...

The 13th Century Chiesa di San Lussorio stands in its own walled enclosure and is fairly easy to find. The crooked red trachyte front looks...

The pillared portico to its front marks out the extent of Casa Aragonese. This distinctive red trachyte home dates to around the 16th or 17th...

This little hamlet is just north of Santu Lussurgiu on a minor road towards Macomer. Most weekends you will find people picnicking in this lovely...

The church of San Sebastiano in this pretty little village was constructed some time in the 17th Century from pink trachyte blocks. The church is...

Cornus is a settlement that was the focus of a gathering opposition of the allied Carthaginian and Sard forces under the local chieftain. There was...

The Portixedda, just off the Via Solferino, was one of two towers that protected the town’s western approaches from any enemies. Though they were much...

The Torre di Mariano II was built in 1290 by one of Oristano’s best known rulers, the Giudice Mariano II. It is also known locally...

The Antiquarium Arborense is housed in a fine 16th Century merchant’s house and is one of Sardinia’s most interesting museums. The museum’s permanent exhibition is...

A beautifully carved marble statue of Elenora stands just in front of the Neo-classical town hall. The piazza is named after this lady to commemorate...

The Church of San Francesco is a 19th Century creation of the architect Gaetano Cima and incorporates the remains of a much older building. Inside...

The Duomo in Oristano is believed to date back to the 14th Century. It has a detached octagonal, onion-roofed bell tower which was added in...

The Basilica di Santa Guista is one of the earliest collections of Tuscan style buildings erected between the 11th and 14th Centuries in Sardinia. This...

The church of Santa Severa stands among the necropolis of Punic Othaca and its mismatched sandstone construction shows its different periods of building. Dating back...

The Museo Civico can be found on the banks of the lagoon close to the southwest entrance to the city. With the exhibits being...

The church of San Salvatore is from the 16th Century and sits in a wide area lined with small, pilgrims’ shacks. The church opens its...

The church of San Giovanni di Sinis is a 5th Century building that rivals Cagliari’s San Saturnino Church for being the oldest in the whole...