Time zone CET (UTC+1) Population 1,450 (2001) Postal code 08040 | Elevation 9 m (30 ft) Local time Wednesday 2:13 AM Dialling code 0782 | |
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Demonym(s) Navarrese or Santamariese Weather 14°C, Wind W at 11 km/h, 78% Humidity Points of interest Via Biriala, Torre di Santa Maria Navarrese, Spiaggia di Santa Maria Navarrese, Chiesa di Santa Maria | ||
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Santa Maria Navarrese is a coastal and tourist town, frazione ('district') of the municipality of Baunei, in the province of Nuoro, Sardinia. It is located at about 150 km north of Cagliari and 160 km south of Olbia.
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- Santa maria navarrese sardegna onecheapclick
- Map of 08040 Santa Maria Navarrese Province of Ogliastra Italy
- Arbatax e santa maria navarrese
- History
- Geography and economy
- References
Map of 08040 Santa Maria Navarrese, Province of Ogliastra, Italy
Arbatax e santa maria navarrese
History
Santa Maria Navarrese, founded in the 1950s by Baunese settlers, has grown around a Medieval church dating back to around the AD 1000, consecrated to Santa Maria Assunta. According to tradition, the church was built on behalf of a princess of Navarra, hence the adjective Navarrese in the village's name. The place is known also for a 17th-century watchtower built on the beach.
Geography and economy
Santa Maria Navarrese has a typical maquis shrubland seascape. Although it is part of the municipality of Baunei, it can be regarded as a separate town in some respects, mainly because Santa Maria Navarrese lies at 9,1 km (12 minutes by car) from Baunei and has a typical seaside landscape and an increasingly tourist economy, while Baunei is located inland and is mostly a mountainous town. Santa Maria Navarrese is also contiguous to Tancau sul Mare frazione of Lotzorai and is part of a strip of Ogliastra's coastal settlements that stretches southwards to Tortolì and Arbatax. It has a small, well-served tourist port, from which it is possible to reach the famous Sardinian cale: Cala Goloritzé, Cala Luna, Ispùligi de Nie (also called Cala Mariolu) and Cala Sisine. The town remains outside most commercial tourist routes and thus still offers a rural unspoiled landscape that provides an insight in day-to-day Sardinian life and is interesting for nature trail tourism.