Posts Tagged 'Getting to Tortoli'
A useful information about the indication of Tortoli is surely to get there: if you come by sea or by air, the port and the airport will welcome you, while in the car coming from Nuoro (which is exactly 78 km) just follow the Nuoro Lanisei-road for about 70 km and turn left for Villagrande Strisaili. However Tortolì is reported because of the many services it offers.
The patron saint of the city is religious Sant 'Andrea Apostle, and the feast in his honor is celebrated every year on November 30, in honor of his dead in Patras in the year 60 AD.
Capo Bellavista is located in a second church dedicated to St. Lussorio this time.
During the celebrations of the festival here, held the ritual "Simbidu" that would be a kind of auction where the highest bidder can drive a bullock cart carrying a statue of the saint.
Other historical sights are linked to particular laws and contests emanating years ago in this small country: for example, set up in 1851 is a premium to those who kill sparrows, even in 1869 the population is required and paid to kill grasshoppers.
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