The state-owned Forest of Marganai occupies 3,650 hectares of the territory of Domusnovas, Fluminimaggiore and Iglesias and it is also part of the Park that unites Monte Linas and Montimannu.
Its uneven peaks, that range from 200 to 1,000 metres in height, are covered by lush forests of holm oaks, which are original, and pines, planted during the reforestation. Next to it, there is dense Mediterranean scrub: olive, mastic, wild olive and strawberry tree. Amidst the trees and the streams that flow alongside trails (Sarmentus, Sa Duchessa and Oridda), wild boars, wild cats, hares and foxex live. In some areas, the Corsican red deer and the mouflon have been reintroduced. Furthermore, the peregrine falcon and, more rarely, the golden eagle, fly over the forest.
Inside the Marganai there is the botanical garden of Linasia, that has an immense wealth of forest flora, and the Grotta di San Giovanni, one of the longest natural tunnels in Europe. It is a grand monument, the only example in Italy of a cave through which a carriage road crosses, parallel to the Rio Sa Duchessa, under a high limestone rock face where numerous archaeological remains have been found.
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