Porto Flavia, halfway between a commercial port and a futuristic architectural work that revolutionized engineering in the early twentieth century, is located in the district of Masua, in the territory of Iglesias, and it is the most visible extremity of a complex of underground tunnels that end in a construction carved out of the rock face. The structure was used as a boarding system for directly transporting the extremely heavy minerals that were lowered onto the anchored vessels on the turquoise sea.
A natural monument measuring 132m and shaped by the passing of time and by the combined action of the wind and the sea, the limestone rock emerges from the depths and stands in front of the tip of Is Cicalas like a giant from the sea, dominating the coast.
The little beach of Porto Flavia, with a surrounding green pine forest, appears alongside the ruins of a mining facility. This seaside destination is very popular with scuba diving enthusiasts because of the great amount of hidden beauty beneath the sea. 'mining' origins.
The mines, today an archaeological and industrial heritage of the Parco Geominerario della Sardegna (Geological and mining park of Sardinia), declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, deeply marked the life of the Iglesiente area. The Museum of Mining Art in Masua and in the Museum of Machinery in Iglesias retrace their development.
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