Castles of Sardinia
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Castle of Burgos
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Castle of Monreale, Sardara
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Castle of San Michele, Cagliari
Castle of Chiaramonti
Castle della Fava, Posada
Between existing and disappeared there are 82 castles in Sardinia, all built during the Middle Ages. Some date back to the Byzantine period, but most of them were built during the Giudicati period and the della Gherardesca, Malaspina and Doria domination, especially from the second half of the 13th century onwards.
Realized mainly for strategic-military purposes, they had the function of supervising the judicial borders and the most important communication routes. With the unification of Sardinia under the Aragonese their importance faded away and over time almost all of them went into ruin.
List[]
N. | name | comune | provincia | giudicato | curatoria | date/period | conditions |
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1 | Castle of Acquafredda | Siliqua | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Sigerro | XIII century | in ruins |
2 | Castle of Arcuentu | Arbus | Sud Sardegna | Arborea | Monreale | XI century | in ruins |
3 | Castle of Ardara | Ardara | Sassari | Torres | Oppia | XI century | ruins of a tower |
4 | Castle of Balariana | Luogosanto | Sassari | Gallura | Gallura | XI century | some ruins |
5 | Monastir | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Dolia | after 1258 | in ruins | |
6 | Castle of Barumele | Ales | Oristano | Arborea | Usellus | Byzantine period | in ruins |
7 | Castle of Bonvehì (or Bonuighinu) | Mara | Sassari | Torres | Cabudabbas | probably XII century | ruins of a tower |
8 | Castle of Bulzi | Bulzi | Sassari | Torres | Anglona | XII century | some ruins |
9 | Castle of Capu Abbas (o Civita) | Olbia | Sassari | Gallura | Fundimonte | XIII century | in ruin |
10 | Castle of Capula | Siligo | Sassari | Torres | Meilogu | XIII century | few ruins |
11 | (Mar'e Pontis) | Cabras | Oristano | Arborea | Campidano Maggiore | late Byzantine | few traces |
12 | Castle ofi Casteddu Etzu | Fordongianus | Oristano | Arborea | Barigadu | Byzantine | few ruins |
13 | Castle of Castel Pisano | sconosciuto | Sassari | Torres | Nurra | unknown | Completely lost |
14 | Castle of Castel Rosso | Perfugas | Sassari | Torres | Anglona | XII century | Completely lost |
15 | Santa Maria Coghinas | Sassari | Torres | Anglona | XII century | ruins of the walls and a tower | |
16 | Castle of Castro | Oschiri | Sassari | Torres | Montacuto | Byzantine | ruins |
17 | Castle of Castrum Sulcitanum | Sant'Antioco | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Sulcis | Byzantine | Completely lost |
18 | Castle of Cheremule | Cheremule | Sassari | Torres | Cabudabbas | giudicale | ruins |
19 | Castle of Chiaramonti | Chiaramonti | Sassari | Torres | Anglona | XIII century | ruins |
20 | Castle Corallo | Gavoi | Nuoro | Arborea | Barbagia di Ollolai | giudicale | some ruins |
21 | Castle of Crasta | Monti | Sassari | Torres | Montacuto | giudicale | few ruins |
22 | Castle of Cugato | Oschiri | Sassari | Torres | Monteacuto | unknown | Completely lost |
23 | Castle of Erguri | Buddusò | Sassari | Torres | Montacuto | giudicale | Completely lost |
24 | Castle of Essola | sconosciuto | Sassari | Torres | Nurra | probably giudicale | Completely lost |
25 | Posada | Nuoro | Gallura | Posada | giudicale | good | |
26 | Castle of Figulinas | Florinas | Sassari | Torres | Figulinas | very ancient | Completely lost |
27 | Castle of Funtana Menta | Senis | Oristano | Arborea | Parte Valenza | giudicale | a tower in good conditions |
28 | Castle of Ghilarza | Ghilarza | Oristano | Arborea | Guilcer | XV century | very good |
29 | Castle of Gioiosa Guardia | Villamassargia | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Sigerro | probably giudicale | ruins |
30 | Castle of Girapala | Paulilatino | Oristano | Arborea | Guilcier | periodo giudicale | Completely lost |
31 | (Castle of Burgos) | Burgos | Sassari | Torres | Goceano | 1127-1129 | walls and a tower |
32 | Castle of Gulana | Olzai | Nuoro | Arborea | Barbagia di Ollolai | unknown | Completely lost |
33 | Castle of Laconi | Laconi | Oristano | Arborea | ParteValenza | probably Byzantine | ruins |
34 | Castle of Longonsardo | Santa Teresa Gallura | Sassari | Gallura | Taras | XIV century | few ruins |
35 | Castle of Osilo (o dei Malaspina) | Osilo | Sassari | Torres | Montes | XIII century | a portion in good condictions |
36 | Castle of Malvicino | Villaputzu | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Sarrabus | XIII century | ruins |
37 | Las Plassas | Sud Sardegna | Arborea | Arborea | from X century | perimetral walls | |
38 | Castle of Medusa | Asuni | Oristano | Arborea | Mandrolisai | giudicale | ruins |
39 | Porto Torres | Sassari | Torres | Nurra | probably XVI century |
scarce | |
40 | Castle of Mondragone | Porto Torres | Sassari | Torres | Nurra | non precisabile | Completely lost |
41 | Sardara | Sud Sardegna | Arborea | Bonorcili | secolo XIII | perimeter walls | |
42 | Castle of Montacuto | Berchidda | Sassari | Torres | Monteacuto | probabilmente secolo XI | ruins |
43 | Sassari | Sassari | Torres | Nurra | periodo giudicale | few ruins | |
44 | Castle of Monteleone | Monteleone Rocca Doria | Sassari | Torres | Monteleone | secolo XIII | few ruins |
45 | Castle of Montesanto | Mores | Sassari | Torres | Oppia | secolo XIII | Completely lost |
46 | Castle of Montezuighe | Ittireddu | Sassari | Torres | Montacuto | fine secolo XIII | few ruins |
47 | (CastedduEzzu) | Cuglieri | Oristano | Torres | Montiferru | secolo XI | remains of perimeter walls and a tower |
48 | Castle of Murgunulis | Usellus | Oristano | Arborea | Parte Usellus | origine incerta | Completely lost |
49 | Castle of Narbolia | Narbolia | Oristano | Arborea | Campidano di Milis | periodo giudicale | Completely lost |
50 | Castle of Nora | Pula | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Nora | periodo bizantno | Completely lost |
51 | Lotzorai | Nuoro | Cagliari | Ogliastra | periodo giudicale | partially in ruins | |
52 | Castle of Oliena | Oliena | Nuoro | Gallura | Orosei | probabilmente secolo XI | Completely lost |
53 | Castle of Olomene | Pattada | Sassari | Torres | Montacuto | fasi diverse | numerous ruins |
54 | Castle of Olova | Luras | Sassari | Gallura | Gemini | periodo giudicale | few ruins |
55 | Castle of Orsetto (Barigadu) | Neoneli | Nuoro | Arborea | Barigadu | periodo bizantino | few ruins |
56 | Castle of Oristano | Oristano | Oristano | Arborea | periodo giudicale | Completely lost | |
57 | Castle of Orosei | Orosei | Nuoro | Gallura | Gallura | periodo giudicale | conserva la torre del |
58 | Castle of Orvei | Tula | Sassari | Gallura | Montacuto | periodo giudicale | ruins of a few buildings |
59 | Castle of Ozula (Palattu ezzu) | Sennori | Sassari | Torres | Romangia | epoca imprecisabile | facciata e cortile verificare |
60 | Castle of Padulaccia | Telti | Sassari | Gallura | Fundimonte | probabile periodo bizantino | ruins of the walls |
61 | Castle of Palmas | San Giovanni Suergiu | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Sols | periodo giudicale | a tower in bad conditions |
62 | Olbia | Sassari | Gallura | Fundimonte | secolo XIII | ruins of the walls and a few towers | |
63 | Galtellì | Nuoro | Gallura | Galtellì | secolo XII | parts of the walls and a tower | |
64 | Villaputzu | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Quirra | periodo giudicale | few ruins | |
65 | Castle of Re Baldo | Luogosanto | Sassari | Balariana | secolo XI | few ruins significativi | |
66 | Castle of Roccaforte | Giave | Sassari | Torres | Caputabbas | secolo XIV | Completely lost |
67 | Castello della Rosa | Jerzu | Nuoro | Cagliari | Ogliastra | nel secolo XI | few ruins |
68 | Iglesias | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Cixerri | secolo XIII | few ruins | |
69 | Castle of San Michele | Cagliari | Cagliari | Campidano di Cagliari | periodo giudicale | good conditions | |
70 | Sanluri | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Nuraminis | secolo XI | good conditions | |
71 | Castle of Sant'Isidoro | Teulada | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Sols | periodo bizantino | few ruins |
72 | Castle of Santisconata | Domus de Maria | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Nora | incerta | few ruins |
73 | Castle of Sa Prisoni Bezza | Macomer | Nuoro | Torres | Marghine | secolo XII | Completely lost |
74 | (o di Orguglioso) | Silius | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Gerrei | periodo giudicale | good conditions |
75 | Sassari | Sassari | Torres | Romangia | secolo XIV | Completely lost | |
76 | Castle of Segariu | Segariu | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Trexenta | secolo XII | few ruins |
77 | Castle of Serla | Norbello | Oristano | Arborea | Guilcier | periodo giudicale | Completely lost |
78 | Castle of Serravalle | Bosa | Oristano | Torres | Planargia | secolo XII | good |
79 | Castle of Sorra (Sorres) | Torralba | Sassari | Torres | Meilogu | secolo XIV | Completely lost |
80 | Castle of Tissilo | Ussassai | Nuoro | Cagliari | Barbagia di Seulo | non precisabile | few ruins |
81 | Castle of Tului | Tratalias | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Sols | giudicale | Completely lost |
82 | Castle of Uras | Uras | Oristano | Arborea | Bonorzuli | unknown | Completely lost |
83 | Villasor | Sud Sardegna | Cagliari | Gippi | XV century | good |
Bibliography[]
- , ed. (2007). Enciclopedia della Sardegna. Sassari: Newton&Compton editore.
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