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27: 750: 506: 266:, in internal Gallura. Around this church it has been possible to identify the remains of a medieval inhabited center and further upstream of a castle, probably the ancient Gurguray even if there is no certain information on its effective demographic consistency. In the 15th century the existence on the island of a monastery of nuns is documented. 295:
of the twentieth century. There is wild livestock (cows and goats), abandoned by the previous property. To the east of cala di Chiesa stands the rock of the dinosaur, a bizarre natural sculpture shaped by the winds and the sea. On the south coast are the ruins of a
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Although the island is very rocky and impervious, there are various perennial springs and perhaps due to this abundance of water man has been able to live there for centuries. The vegetation cover of Molara is made up of very rich
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is present with hundreds of pairs, unable to reproduce annually due to an immense population of rats.
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dedicated to Saint Pontian. The church, whose original title is not known, is very similar to other
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settlements appear on the island of Molara but at the dawn of Christianity it is said that
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origin, is probably due to the rounded and uniform shape of the island, similar to a
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buildings of this type such as the church of San Leonardo di Balaiana, near
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millstone
Tavolara
40°52′09″N 9°43′39″E / 40.86917°N 9.72750°E / 40.86917; 9.72750
Region
Sardinia
Province
Sassari
Communes
Olbia
Sardinia
Tavolara
Molarotto
a protected marine park
u.s.l.
medieval
millstone
prehistoric
Pope Pontian
235
Tavolara
Romanesque style
Gallura
Luogosanto
Maquis shrubland
olive trees
mastic trees
cistus
'70s
lime kiln

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