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Mount Limbara (
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, a Nuragic civilization, late Nuragic tribe.
Mount Limbara was affected by a major forest fire in 1936 and its cork oaks woods were replaced with pines, after a work of reforestation. Following World War II, Sequoiadendron giganteum, giant sequoias were planted as well.
On the top of the massif, a NATO U.S. Air Force Communications Relay Station and a Carabinieri barracks were located. Today it is used as a telecommunications center for the Italian Air Force 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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Gallurese
Gallurese () is a Romance language from the Italo-Dalmatian family spoken in the region of Gallura, northeastern Sardinia. It is sometimes considered a dialect of southern Corsican or a transitional language between Corsican and Sardinian. ...
: ''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.
Its highest peak is Punta Sa Berritta (1,362 m above sea level). Its area belongs to the municipalities, comuni of Calangianus, Tempio Pausania, Berchidda and Oschiri, in the province of Olbia-Tempio.
History
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, a Nuragic civilization, late Nuragic tribe.
Mount Limbara was affected by a major forest fire in 1936 and its cork oaks woods were replaced with pines, after a work of reforestation. Following World War II, Sequoiadendron giganteum, giant sequoias were planted as well.
On the top of the massif, a NATO U.S. Air Force Communications Relay Station and a Carabinieri barracks were located. Today it is used as a telecommunications center for the Italian Air Force 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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