La Fortezza del Monte Altura
La Fortezza del Monte Altura is a fort in Palau, Sassari, Sardinia. La Fortezza del Monte Altura is situated nearby to the village Palau, as well as near the hamlet Porto Pollo.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palau railway station and Punta Palau Lighthouse.
Palau railway station
Railway station
Palau railway station is situated 1½ km east of La Fortezza del Monte Altura.
Punta Palau Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Punta Palau Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the northern extremity of a granite promontory where, shaped by time, appears a natural sculpture that looks like a bear, symbol of Palau in front of the Maddalena archipelago on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Punta Palau Lighthouse is situated 1½ km east of La Fortezza del Monte Altura.
Palau Marina train station
Railway station
Palau Marina train station is a railway station, which is situated 2 km east of La Fortezza del Monte Altura.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Palau and Porto Pollo.
Palau
Village
Palau is a town and comune in the Province of Gallura North-East Sardinia, in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy, about 220 kilometres north of Cagliari and about 30 kilometres northwest of Olbia.
Porto Pollo
Hamlet
Porto Pollo is an Italian località, in the comune of Palau, on the northern Sardinian coast in the Province of Sassari. Porto Pollo is situated 3 km west of La Fortezza del Monte Altura.
Isola dei Gabbiani
The Isuledda, also called Isola dei Gabbiani, is an almost-island in northern Sardinia, Italy, facing the Sardinian channel. Covering an area of approximately 180,000 m2, it is almost completely surrounded by the sea, and connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus of sandy terrain, hence, despite the name, it is in fact a peninsula.La Fortezza del Monte Altura
- Type: Fort
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Palau, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.18485° or 41° 11′ 6″ north
Longitude
9.36308° or 9° 21′ 47″ east
Elevation
92 metres (302 feet)
Open location code
8FHF59M7+W6
GeoNames ID
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