Santa Lucia is part of the municipality of
Siniscola
Siniscola (; sc, Thiniscòle ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari and about northeast of Nuoro.
Siniscola borders the following municipalities: Irgoli, L ...
(
NU) in
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
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
). It is a seaside village with two beaches and surrounded by a pine forest planted in the 30s. There is a tower that was probably built in the XVII century.
The village was populated by fishermen from the
island of Ponza
Ponza (Italian: ''isola di Ponza'' ) is the largest island of the Italy, Italian Pontine Islands archipelago, located south of Cape Circeo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is also the name of the commune of the island, a part of the province of Latina ...
.
A regulatory plan involves the destruction of about 6 hectares of the pine forest for the construction of hotels and various services. There is currently a strong movement against the regulatory plan, with also judicial initiatives.
The village and the beaches in 1971 were the main locations of the film ''
Le lys de mer'', starring actress
Carole André.
The beach
The main beach is characterized by clear water, rocks and pebbles and is bordered by pinewood. The coastline is covered by
juniper
Junipers are coniferous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Juniperus'' () of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on the taxonomy, between 50 and 67 species of junipers are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, from the Arcti ...
s and lentisks. There are a number of rocky coves with shallow floors.
Gallery
File:Santa Lucia-torre.jpg, Tower inside the village
File:Santa Lucia chiesa.jpg, Church of Santa Lucia
File:Beach_Santa_Lucia_Siniscola.JPG, Beach in the north of Santa Lucia
File:Beach_Santa_Lucia_Siniscola2.JPG, Beach in the north of Santa Lucia
File:Beach_Confetti_Saint_Lucia_Siniscola.JPG, Beach in the south of Santa Lucia
File:Santa Lucia Siniscola Nuoro Sardegna2.JPG, House with painting
File:Santa Lucia Siniscola Nuoro Sardegna4.JPG, The tower
File:Santa Lucia Siniscola Nuoro Sardegna5.JPG, The church
References
External links
Santa Lucia Beach (Siniscola, province of Nuoro)(Retrieved 2 June 2018)
* (Retrieved 2 June 2018)
Website of the municipality of Siniscola(Italian, retrieved 2 June 2018)
Committee for the protection of Saint Lucia(Italian, retrieved 2 June 2018)
Sardinia
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