Iglesias

The city, with a punic and roman past, became the second Sardinian city under Pisan rule. Inside the municipality, narrow cobbled streets and the beautiful square where the Cathedral of St. Clare, that of Madonna delle Grazie, of the College and St Francis, one of the most pristine and significant Gothic-Catalan architectures in Sardinia. Iglèsias was one of Italy's most important mining communities, a past that is being enhanced by the Sardinia Historical and Environmental Geomining Park, the institution entrusted with the protection of the region's former mining sites. Among the most interesting mining sites in the Iglesias area, the most important argentiferous lead mine in Sardinia, the Monteponi mine, with the Pozzo Sella complex, is worth a visit. The subject of careful restoration, it was a water extraction well, later converted into a machine and carpentry workshop, which today retains its original machinery.