A panoramic road from the historical centre of Orroli, that looks out over it leads to the archaeological and botanical park known as Su Motti through two ‘memory trails’: the left one leads to the area of the Domus de Janas, the right one takes to the Taccu Idda high plain.
Traces of man’s settlement here date to the Neolithic Era (3800 BCE) and it is dotted with massive basaltic boulders spewed out by nearby Mount Pitziogu, a volcano that last erupted during the Quaternary Era. In the surrounding park there are a few single-tower nuraghes and an underground necropolis that is home to some 15 Domus di Janas, pre-Nuragic tombs cut into the rocky face of Sa Carona Arrubia and in great basaltic boulders.
Some legends surround the huge masses, like the one about the terrible giant Impolla, a local symbol. The legends were handed down word of mouth over generations.
The fencing in of the land through dry walls of basaltic rock went up to create is tancas (enclosed lots of land) It was sanctioned in 1823 and caused class conflicts between farmers and shepherds as herds had always gone to pasture on the open fields.
The Sa Ucca Manna (large mouth) Cave where the water from nearby streams and rivers converges. The grotto is full of long, intact stalactites.
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