LANDWORKS SARDINIA 2016
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LandWorks 2016 Edition The sixth edition of the workshop has been held at the old floatation plant in proximity of Masua, an old mining complex along the south-west coast of Sardinia. The site is part of the Historical and Environmental Geo-mining Park of Sardinia, a part of the Global Network of Geoparks of UNESCO, a network of territories recognized to be preserved because of their particularly significant geological heritage. Along with its exceptional geographic character, the mining settlements of Masua and Porto Flavia are today museums of natural history. The site is unique and it summarize the entire anthropological history of Sardinia, an island that since ancient times has been a basin of extraction of metals and coal for the whole Mediterranean area. The area of the Iglesiente covers about 480Kmq of South East Sardinia between the areas of Arbus, Guspini and Sulcis. The most important mines are within the so-called ‘metalliferous ring of the Iglesiente’, where the mineralisation of lead, silver and zinc is found in the carbonate geological formations which, at over 500 million years old, are the most ancient rocks in Italy, dated paleontologically. Other important mines are spread across the territories of the municipalities of Domusnovas, Fluminimaggiore, Buggerai and Gonnesa, home of the only italian active coal mine. Masua_Geologists and paleontologists from America, Australia and Germany come here to 5
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study the very rare red shale or trilobites, fossils of the Cambrian period (550 million years ago). There are few signs of human presence here. There is very little left to see of the mining basin except for two jewels of industrial archaeology that are worth a trip to Sardinia: the Lamarmora washery at Nebida and Porto Flavia at Masua. At Masua, mining dates back to the Pisa period, with testimony from 1688. After World War 2 the deposit turned out to be almost exhausted. Porto Flavia_The Masua mine is now identified with Porto Flavia. Before its opening, materials were shoulder-carried in 70 Kg baskets to lateen sailboats, later motorised. The trip alone took 8 hours. Engineer Cesare Vecelli put an end to eve rything. He invented a unique system: two tunnels dug into the mountain in front of Pan di Zucchero. Wagons carrying the minerals arrived in the upper tunnel and through nine silos the minerals reached the lower tunnel. There, a conveyor belt and mobile arm loaded them on merchant ships capable of mooring alongside the coast for the time necessary to complete the job: 4 hours instead of the 4 days needed before. It was the end of an era. Nebida_In Nebida mine, the extraction of minerals began in 1865. In the 1897 of the Lamarmora washery was built. It was restored by the Superintendency of Cagliari and Oristano in 1995 and, according to Unesco experts is a perfect place for contemplation. LandWorks Sardinia 2016
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ROUTE TO ROOTS, ROOTS TO ROUTE Team Ludwig
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WHERE IS MASUA? Team Inti
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PURPLE RAIN Team Tischer
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TIMONE DI NEBIDA Team Zancan
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CONTACT
Associazione Culturale LandWorks
Via P.Paoli 34/a - 07100 Sassari C.F. 92129180904 www.landworks.eu info@landworks.eu
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