Supramonte is a over 35,000 hectares, mountain range covering the territories of five villages, in the province of Nuoro, Baunei, Dorgali, Oliena, Orgosolo and Urzulei, and part of the Gulf of Orosei. The landscape features plateaus and sinkholes and has huge bastions, deep canyons and rocky peaks towering up towards the sky. However, each municipality has its ‘own’ Supramonte, with original and unique natural monuments.
The Nuragic village of Tiscali enriches the territory of Dorgali and Oliena; the Grotta del Bue Marino is the undisputed symbol of Dorgali; the gorge of Su Gorroppu identifies Baunei and Dorgali; in the Supramonte di Oliena, above the valley of Lanaittu, is the cave of Corbeddu, whose name comes from the bandit who took shelter here in the 20th century; the discovery here of the remains of a deer already extinct in the Sardinian Pleistocene era, dates back human presence on the massif 18,500 years ago; the cave of su Palu and lush vegetation characterizes Urzulei; the sinkhole of Su Suercone, a limestone chasm 500m wide and 200m deep, and the unspoilt forest of Sas Baddes, the only extensive primary Holm Oak forest in Europe, are the distinctive features of the Supramonte area of Orgosolo.
Also in Oliena is Mount Corrasi, the highest peak in the mountain range (1,463m), featuring a barren, rocky environment with chasms, aiguilles and unusually-shaped pinnacles, covered by 650 botanical species, most of which are exclusive to the limestones of central Sardinia and some of which exist only in the Corrasi area. It is also home to the Nurra de sas Palumbas, a cave famous for its wildlife.
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