Places in Portoscuso, Sardinia
Portoscuso is a small centre right in the area of south west Sardinia also known as the mining region. When describing the mining region, the first thing to do is clarifying one main point. The landscape is not industrial, nor irritatingly boring and bare.For three main reasons: firstly, when the mines were conceived the mining technique was mainly based on wells and tunnels; secondly, the mines were at the peak of their production before and during World War II, so that when the last mine closed in 1995, no major investments had been done for years; finally, buildings and equipments were not demolished or destroyed but abandoned.
All this means that the surrounding hills have not been flatten out, vegetation is luxuriant and the life in the mine can be easily imagined by looking at the ruins. Actually, the local government has pushed to revaluate this area by organizing events and by instituting the geo-mineral regional park.
The main cities in this huge area are Iglesias and Carbonia (carbone is the Italian name for coal), the latter built from scratch in 1937 and officially inaugurated in 1938 by Mussolini with a short speech from the city tower.
Today there are only a couple of mines still open but the production has stopped. The mining region is quite large, spreading across the provinces of Sulcis-Iglesiente and Medio Campidano. Mines and wells are scattered pretty much throughout the whole territory but the highest concentration is from the town of Iglesias (mines of Monteponi, Bindua and San Giovanni) towards the coast (Nebida and Masua) and moving north along the road to Buggerru (Montecani and Acquaresi).
In the province of Medio Campidano you should go straight to Ingurtosu and Montevecchio, in the valley just north of Arbus.
Places near Portoscuso
- 9 km Carloforte 398
- 10 km Gonnesa 382
- 10 km Calasetta 490
- 13 km Nebida 321
- 13 km Carbonia 122
- 15 km Masua 316
- 16 km San Giovanni Suergiu 297
- 16 km Sant'Antioco 427
- 18 km Iglesias 336
Points of interest near Portoscuso
Ports
- 2 km Portovesme 451
- 9 km Porto di Carloforte 418
Nuraghe
- 5 km Nuraghe Ghilotta 437
- 5 km Nuraghe Crixionis 382
- 6 km Nuraghe de s'Alina 420
- 7 km Nuraghe Seruci 386
- 14 km Nuraghe Punta Gannau 305
- 16 km Nuraghe Graminalana 300
Monuments
- 10 km Monte Sirai 288
Hospitals
- 10 km Presidio Ospedaliero Sirai 219
Stations
- 11 km Barbusi 170
- 12 km Carbonia Stato 134
- 12 km Carbonia Serbariu 135
Museums and Libraries
- 13 km Museo Archeologico Villa Sulcis 128
- 14 km Museo Civico di Paleontologia e Speleologia Edouard Alfred Martel 130
- 16 km Museo Etnografico su Magasinu de su Binu 433
- 16 km Mostra Archeologica di Sant'Antioco 432
Places
- 15 km Miniera di Masua 327
- 15 km Galleria Ornella 328
- 15 km Villaggio Minerario di Masua 331
Places in Sardinia
Cagliari
Oristano
Olbia
Sassari
Alghero
Villasimius
Pula
Porto Cervo
Orosei
Arbatax
Chia
Carloforte
Buggerru
Costa Rei
Cala Gonone
Fonni
Orroli
La Caletta
San Teodoro
Castelsardo
Santa Teresa Gallura
Bosa
Berchidda
Aritzo
Lanusei
Bari Sardo
Tertenia
Nuoro
Muravera
Barumini
Badesi
Santu Lussurgiu
Stintino
Porto Torres
Ozieri
Macomer
Senorbì
Villacidro
Porto Pino