Orgosolo is in the heart of Barbagia and situated in a valley at the foot of
Supramonte'smountain range, surrounded by a fascinating and charming, natural landscape and dominated by a wild, unpolluted nature. This scenery is of rare beauty, characterised by a mixture of mountains, valleys, plains, unexplored caves, canyons forged by the
Cedrino river and woods of ilex, oaks and junipers.
We recommend an excursion in this mountain's woods covering over 6500 hectares. You can visit the ruins of an old, little church on a calcareous hilltop called Mount Novo S.Giovanni. This church celebrated S. Juvanne 'e sos sordadeddonos. The Supramonte mountain range, with its wonderful Gennargentu hilltops, also deserves a visit.
Orgosolo is mainly known for its
wall paintings (murales). They represent pieces of life from the past, a sort of open window to a very proud and reserved, outside world. Since the first work, dated to the beginning of the 70's, each individual murales protects the town's history, often reporting of social struggles. Over the years, these paintings have become Orgosolo's most distinctive symbol with an outdoor gallery of more than 150 murales.
Orgosolo also boasts a considerable amount of historical and traditional evidence that dates back from the Neolithic to the Roman Ages and consist of more than 70 domus de janas, numerous nuraghic settlements and Punic and Roman ruins, all very well conserved.
Evidence of the Judicial Age under the Arborean rule has been found, followed by the Aragonese and Spanish, when Orgosolo was forced to accept many hardships. During that time, brigandage in Sardinia was born as well as the inhabitants' mistrust of the state institutions.
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