Villasimius: a bit of history
E 'thelocation workers from Villasimius to have ruled in recent years the importance. This tell us about the manytowers sighting that still gives a fine show if, go, powerful, strong, imperiose.
Their purpose in the past was towatch over the sea and raise the alarm if it was crossed by boats driven by bad intentions. The most feared enemies, that more than once gave a hard time to the villagers, depredandolo plundering and were certainlypirates. In response to these attacks during the sixteenth century were built a series of watchtowers that in some cases today have turned into fascinating museums, containers of ancient history. Famous example is theOld Fortress, overlooking the sea that still watches the homonym bay.
But a close encounter with the history of Villasimius tourists will have visited the beautifulMunicipal Archaeological Museum, in downtown. Surprised to find evidence of many ancient peoples, who lived, loved, transformed this fascinating stretch of coast.
The visitor finds a stroll through ancient culture prenuragic, Nuragic, Phoenician, Punic and Roman sensing of great creativity and cultural vitality of the city during the past centuries.
Even a visit to the stockedPublic Library is particularly recommended, especially to those who like to know the area that is to visit. You can see well 8500 all books cataloged by the section of interest. There also were books in German, English, French, forming the Public Library of Villasimius a valuable space not only attentive to the needs of citizens, but also of visitors.
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