Mount Limbara (
Gallurese
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: ''Monti di Limbara'', sc, Monte de Limbara) is a rocky granitic massif in north-eastern
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
, Italy.
It is located in the geographical and historical region of
Gallura
Gallura ( sdn, Gaddura or ; sc, Caddura ) is a region in North-Eastern Sardinia, Italy.
The name ''Gallùra'' is allegedly supposed to mean "stony area".
Geography
Gallùra has a surface of and it is situated between 40°55'20"64 latitude ...
.
Its highest peak is
Punta Sa Berritta (1,362 m above sea level). Its area belongs to the
comuni
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of
Calangianus
Calangianus (; sdn, Caragnani ; sc, Calanzanos ) is a municipality in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about west of Olbia. Calangianus is surrounded by large cork woods, for whose wo ...
,
Tempio Pausania
Tempio Pausania (; sdn, Tèmpiu) is a town of about 14,000 inhabitants in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia, Italy, in the province of Sassari.
History
Cultural and delegated administrative centre of the Gallura sub-region, Tempio has an ...
,
Berchidda
Berchidda (; src, Belchidda ; sdn, Bilchidda) is an Italian commune in the province of Sassari, region and island of Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Olbia.
It is located near Lake Coghinas in a hilly area borde ...
and
Oschiri
Oschiri (Gallurese: ''Óscari'', sc, Óscheri) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and former bishopric in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Olbia.
As of 31 December 2004, ...
, in the
province of Olbia-Tempio
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.
History
![Mount Limbara](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Mount_Limbara.jpg)
The name could derive from the Latin ''Limes Balares'' ("Boundary of the Balares"), given it by the Romans as it marked the frontier with the territory still in the hands of the
Balares The Balares were one of the three major groups among which the Nuragic Sardinians considered themselves divided (along with the Corsi and the Ilienses).
History
Pausanias in his work ''Periegesis'' speculated that the Balares were the descenda ...
, a
late Nuragic tribe.
Mount Limbara was affected by a major forest fire in 1936 and its
cork oaks
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woods were replaced with
pine
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s, after a work of reforestation. Following
World War II
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,
giant sequoias
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were planted as well.
On the top of the massif, a
NATO
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U.S. Air Force Communications Relay Station and a
Carabinieri
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barracks were located. Today it is used as a telecommunications center for the
Italian Air Force
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and a heliport for the Servizio Antincendi. It is also the location of all the major TV relay stations of West Sardinia.
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Limbara
Mount Limbara (Gallurese: ''Monti di Limbara'', sc, Monte de Limbara) is a rocky granitic massif in north-eastern Sardinia, Italy.
It is located in the geographical and historical region of Gallura.
Its highest peak is Punta Sa Berritta (1, ...