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Sant’Antonio
Sant' Antonio’s festival takes
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place on the 16th and 17th of
January. A few days before
the religious festival, the Discovering Siniscola
women in a lot of houses
prepare the typical sweets of
this holiday Su Pistiddu. For
this occasion the people gather
up the rosemary and take it to
Sant' Antonio’s churchyard;
before unloading it the tractors
drive around the village. The
people pile up the rosemary
around the pole to make a
high bonfire. According to the
tradition the people walk
around the fire three times to 1)Elene Portiche 2) Gana ‘e Gortoe
receive good luck. A pig is put at the top of the pale, 3) Sa Nurra de 4) Sa Conca
when the fire has been lighted young boys climb up the
bonfire to get it. Sant'Antonio’s festival is a tradition which Fruncu 'e Oche Cave Manna de Locoli Come and see my
Cave
unites all the village.
San Giacomo The students of I.T.C.G. welcome you to town
San Giacomo's festival is celebrated on the 1st of May. Many Siniscola with the intention to meet your At the foot of the Mount Albo, a steep calcareous ridge,
people go to the church square, where a committee organises requirement, to lead you towards the along the homonym river, Siniscola faces towards the
a dinner for the public. In the afternoon some folk groups beaches and the cliffs of the east Sardinian coast. The territory
perform the typical folk dances of Siniscola. wonders of our Island and to discover the
offers a series of agrarian and natural landscapes of surprising
ancient tastes of an old land variety from the limestone dolomites mountains of Mount
Sant’Efisio Albo to the cultivation (groves, vineyards, pastures) of the
Sant' Efisio's festival is in September. He's similar to San plain furrowed by water courses that flow into the ample
Giacomo's festival, they organise a lunch and there are typical Project Manager
coastal lagoons that extend from the hamlet of La Caletta to
folk groups of Siniscola who perform in very famous Maria Francesca Carta the stupendous beach of Berchida. The zone is very rich in
Sardinian dances.
woods and springs and has a territory of great naturalistic
Festa delle Grazie English Teachers:  interest because of the presence of plants and rare animals
                Giuseppa Maria Gerardi among which the Bonelli royal eagle, the mouflon, the boar
Festa delle Grazie's festival is celebrated beginning from the
and the owl. The prevalent activities consist in sheep and
second Friday of October till Monday. A lot of stalles offer                 Giuseppina Virdis cattle rearing, workmanship of the dairy products, extractive
and sell typical Sardinian foods like torrone.                 Fredericks Carol                        and artisan activities, harbour and fishing. In the territory
Su Petticoccone numerous testimonies of the ancient presence of man are
present.
On the second of November, All Soul's day the children take
a  pillow, go around the village  knocking at the doors and In the countryside of Siniscola there are about 26 Nuraghi,
asking for sweets and bonbons. During that occasion some giants graves and only one Domus de Janas of which
Siniscola's people prepare typical Sardinian's sweets like May 2002 only ruins remain.
papassini and casatinas.
 The Caves
Monte Albo is characterized by carst caves of
modest dimensions which have fossil origins.
Only in some of them we can find abundant
dripping caused by winter atmospheric agents. In
Sa conca manna de Locoli  there are small lakes
and a brook flows through Gana ‘e Gortoe.
Some caves are important for the fauna and for the
presence of troglodyte animals, which had adapted
to underground life. Some of them are of
archaeological interest and they were inhabited by
man in prehistory. The cave of Gana ‘e Gortoe,
at the exit of Siniscola towards Olbia, opens in the
courtyard of a home. It’s been explored by
Nuoro’s Speleo Club. It has an horizontal cave
and develops along 966 m. but it hasn’t been
entirely explored yet.
Elene Portiche is a big cave in the west of Monte
Lattu. The shape is not the original one because it
has been devasted by illegal excavation. Inside it
there is a room with sub-circular floor plan where
there is a stalagmite column and small niches on
the left side of the entrance.
Sa Nurra de Fruncu 'e Oche Cave develops in a
sub-horizontal way and presents a big entry which
opens into a large room full of clay stone and
numerous niches. The second entry is higher up to
the right and opens into another large room which
hasn't been completely explored.
Sa Conca Manna de Locoli Cave presents an
entrance which conducts to a lake. Past the lake
there is a passage rich in forms of erosion but with
no stalagmites and stalactites. The third lake is at
140 m. from entrance and can be crossed only by a
rubber-dinghy.
At the end of the last lake there are two branches:
the left one is made of architectural features
created by erosion and tortuous paths; the right
one leads to a syphon which French speleosubs
have explored for about 1000 mt.of underground
A vast part of Siniscola's territory is characterized
by a surronding rich in carsism phenomenon
which originated from the melting of the
calcareous rock caused by atmospheric agents.
Limestone isn't a soluble rock but the water,
passing through the ground, becomes rich in
minerals which transform it in soluble rock
changing its morphology.
The water filtering through the cracks, widens
them and slowly dissolves the rock originating in
a new cave. A lot of caves exist but the most
spectacular ones are those created by the passing
of the centuries thanks to the slow dissolution of
the limestone.
Both vertical caves of wells and chasms as well as
horizontal caves of galleries and labyrinths can be
formed. In the later there are more natural
decorations caused by erosion.
The drops of water which fall on the ground form
the famous stalagmites that can join with the
stalactites originating pillars.
Nowadays fossil caves exist and active caves in
which the erosive action continues up today and
tourists can admire this wonderful panorama.