The Atlas Obscura Guide To Iglesias

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Iglesias, Italy

Updated February 23, 2022

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Unusual Attractions in Iglesias

Iglesias, Italy

Nebida Laveria

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.

Near the village, there is this curious building, built in 1870. Inside it there was a steam plant, to lift the lead and silver minerals from the galleries below the ground. The miners nicknamed it "Sa Macchina Beccia" (The old machine, in Sardinian language). The plant stopped working in 1940.

Iglesias, Italy

Villaggio Minerario Asproni

A former mining village that now operates as an open-air museum.

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Porto Flavia

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Porto Flavia

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.

6 miles from Iglesias

Some sculptures move and interact with water.

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Il Giardino Fantastico di Fiorenzo Pilia

A collection of sculptures that explore what's at stake when nature is thrown out of balance.

24 miles from Iglesias

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