Aritzo

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Aritzo in our articles

• The best towns inside a national park in the province of Nuoro8 towns, Aritzo among them.
• The best hidden towns you can reach by train in Sardegna9 towns, Aritzo among them.
• The best towns with a food festival in Sardegna10 towns, Aritzo among them.
• Every town in our catalogue inside a national park151 towns, Aritzo among them.

What to see

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  Carcere Spagnolo Sa Bovida

  Seventeenth-century maximum-security prison in schist and chestnut, used until the 1940s, named for its Spanish-origin vaulted underpass.

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  Casa Devilla

  Three-level Spanish-era house of the Devilla family, contractors of the snow industry until the early 20th century, now part of the Ecomuseo.

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  Castello Arangino

  Neogothic castle built in 1917 by Vincenzo Arangino along Corso Umberto I, in medieval pastiche, still standing at the upper end of the street.

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  Museo Etnografico della Montagna Sarda

  In the Pastissu municipal park, documenting agro-pastoral and artisanal life across the Gennargentu mountain region.

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  Domos de su Nie

  Stone-lined snow wells at Funtana Cungiada around 1,300 meters, used until the early 1900s to store winter snow for summer trade.

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  Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo

  Sixteenth-century parish church on Corso Umberto I, central to the religious calendar of the village.

Through the year

What happens here

Feasts and festivals that come back year after year. We give the month rather than the date, because the date moves and the month rarely does. Check with the source before you plan a journey around one.

• Sagra della Castagna di Aritzofood festival

  usually held in October. Sagre Autentiche - Sardegna