Casa Aragonese – Santa Chiara Dam loop from Fordongianus

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Casa Aragonese – Santa Chiara Dam loop from Fordongianus

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Casa Aragonese – Santa Chiara Dam loop from Fordongianus

03:47

54.6km

1,000m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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361 m

Casa Aragonese

Highlight • Historical Site

The Aragonese House is a splendid example of stately architecture dating back to around the 16th-17th century. The house is divided into two parts and one of these houses a …

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6.32 km

Busachi Bridge over the Tirso River

Highlight • Bridge

Bridge over the Tirso River, blocked by the Eleonora D'Arborea Dam to form the artificial basin of Lake Omodeo.

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8.66 km

View of the Eleonora d'Arborea Dam

Highlight • Monument

Dam of the river Tirso which gives rise to the largest artificial basin in Sardinia, Lake Omodeo.

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40.5 km

Church and Novenary of San Serafino

Highlight • Religious Site

On the slopes of Lake Omodeo. Built on a Roman construction, probably from the 7th century. He sees the first muristene in 1657.
The mountain landscapes and Lake Omodeo are …

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43.6 km

Santa Chiara Dam on the Tirso

Highlight • Monument

VITTORIO EMANUELE III
King of the victorious and renewed homeland, he inaugurated on April 28, 1924 the works of Tirso which, divined by the first architects of the Italian economy …

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44.1 km

Lake Omodeo is an artificial basin formed with the damming of the Tirso River in 1924 with the Santa Chiara Dam. Today replaced by the new Eleonora D'Arborea dam, the old barrier has been partially submerged.

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54.6 km

End point

Parking

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