History/Info:
A short distance from Oristano, passed city from the illustrious one
that conserve in the beautiful historical center some monuments of
pregio like the tower of Mariano, the church of Saint Francisco, the
Dome of Assumed and the interesting Antiquarium Arborense, famous all
over the world for the Sartiglia, giostra to horse that runs every
year in occasion of the Carnival, finds the village of Torre Grande,
rising above one of the most beautiful beaches. It is here that the
greatest coastal tower of Sardegna rises, called Torre Grande.
Constructed in several stages, it was first built in the first half of
the 1500's, has cylindrical shape with a diameter of base of 20 m.
Over the access door opens a balcony with beautiful mensoloni, while
on the terrazzo, to 17 m of height, in the 1800's came added one small
room for the powerful signalling light.Translated from
http://www.nautica.it/charter/torri/07.htm
Oristano is not in the coast, but the beautiful Torre Grande beach
is not very far from it. In this beach you'll find the biggest tower
of Sardinia, characterised by a cylindrical shape and a basement with
a diameter of almost 20 m. It has been built by order of Filippo II of
Spain with the aim of protecting the harbour from the Saracen raids.
Afterwords the tower became a lighthouse and in 1880 the lighthouse
keeper's house has been built.
Torre Grande is a famous tourist destination, plenty of resorts, that
in the summer period counts more than 20.000 inhabitants.
Source:
Sardegna.com Directions:
map of area
- This lighthouse possibly can only be seen from boat, but if you drive
on SP.19 south of Oristano there's a chance you can get to the Torre
Grande from there.
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