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Isles of the Mediterranean Cruise - Olbia Page |
Olbia
Wednesday 11th April 2018
Olbia from the ship |
Up earlier and a coach tour on another dull day, to a prehistoric village at Arzachena, with a tower curiously resembling a broch but much earlier Ken thinks, 1,800 - 1,600BC. Below left is a picture from the official brochure of the site. |
Aerial view |
Same viewpoint from the ground |
Typical house base |
Approaching the keep |
Well |
Council Chamber |
Staircase between the walls |
Up to the sky inside |
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Bronze boats found here |
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Approaching |
Well |
Nearby is the burial site. This has a narrow entrace, not used for depositing bodies. That was done by lifting the appropriate slab on top & dropping the body in. The name, "Tomb of the Giants", is more modern. |
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The front end of the tomb. |
Seen from the back, showing the slabs. |
Then, to a boring seaside place called Canniglione, modern but it did have an interesting church, with a modernist crucifix and modernist stained glass.
Canniglione to the sea
Canniglione Marina
Canniglione's modern church |
Inside |
Modernist crucifix |
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We passed Garibaldi's home Island of Caprera on the way back
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