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The Giara di Gesturi is a highland plateau. Here live the horses, the cavallino della giara, but there is also a variety of flora thanks to the ponds in the rainy seasons. Access to the highland plateau is limited.
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The horses of the Giara are considered of particular interest for Sardinia. They live and move freely on the highland of the Giara and are not easily approachable, although they are used to the presence of man.
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The vegetation of the highland plateau of the Giara is characterised by the macchia mediterranea.
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You will find the huts of the shepherds, the pinnettas similar to the bronze age huts, which have been used for centuries as a shelter.
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The cork-oak stripped of the cork. Sardinia is famous for the high quality cork.
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A dung beetle at work on the highland plateau. One of the beetles was working and the other followed.
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One of the horses we encountered along the road.
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Small, height about 1.20 m, with long manes and darkbrown. It is said these horses were of arab origin imported by the punics.
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The day before it had rained and the water was still there on the meadows.
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A view of the road that climbs up to the Giara of Gesturi, this is the access road from Setzu.
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The gate of the Giara at Setzu. You can enter with your car for about 2 km. After that you have to walk.
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A Domus de Janas along the road from Setzu to the Giara. All around the Giara you will find nuraghi and burial sites.
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