Monte Linas is made up of granite rocks dating back 300 million years and is one of the most ancient landmasses to have emerged in Europe. It is located on the eastern border of the Iglesiente area, downstream of the Cixerri river, and it borders with the mountains of Arcuentu, to the north, and Marganai, to the south, to which it is connected by the Oridda Plateau. It occupies nearly 1,000m2 in the territories of 9 municipalities in the Medio Campidano area.
Its pink and grey granite peaks are covered with almost 8,000 hectares of woodlands, made up mostly of holm oak forests. Thyme and helichrysum bushes fill the air with their fragrance, popping up between Mediterranean shrubs like strawberry trees, heather and phillyrea. At lower altitudes, mastics, broom, wild olive trees and, near bodies of water, oleanders and willows emerge.
A network of paths lead into the woods between gorges and gullies with torrents that descend downwards and create spectacular waterfalls such as Sa Spendula, Piscina Irgas and Muru Mannu, the highest waterfall in Sardinia, which falls from a height of over 70m.
A park named after the writer Giuseppe Dessì occupies the westernmost part of Linas, while in the limestone areas, towards Marganai, underground rivers flowing have created long underground caves over time, among which the Cave of San Giovanni.
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