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| The Botanical Gardens |
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 The Botanical Gardens can be found at the Botanical Faculty of the University and stretch over five hectares.
A section of these gardens, lying at the foot of the Roman Amphitheatre, is open to the public.
The gardens contain plants from all over the world, even the rarest species, making it one of the largest green spots, or "lungs", in Cagliari.
It is divided into three main themes, Mediterranean,
tropical and succulent plants.
There are around 600 trees 550 shrubs and 75 vines.
There are two paths to take around the gardens.
 Blue Path:
The Botanic Institute and Herbal Museum, bald and marsh cypress, red weed, seed beds, Roman well, Euphorbia from the Canaries, Roman Cistern, greenhouse with succulent plants, Gennari cave with Philodendron, palm grove.
Green Path:
Cycadales, collection of succulent plants and a system of catching and preserving water, mulberry tree, bulrushes, Mediterranean area. |
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Parco Sette Fratelli (National Park)
 The park covers an area of extraordinary beauty. The regional law which awarded the area national park status, safeguards the mountain range, declared a national monument, and the forest, an area of great natural interest. Most of the park is covered by holm oak, cork trees and Mediterranean shrub, as well as heather and strawberry bushes.
This park provides the ideal habitat for the Sardinian deer (cervus elaphus corsicanus), endemic subspecies of the European deer. Today about 350 specimens live in the park and this represents roughly 35% of the entire existing population.
The greatest threat to the Sardinian deer comes from poachers. Among the large birds of prey in the area there are at least 5 pairs of golden eagles, however, colonies of griffin, cinereus vulture and ossifrage have sadly been wiped out. Among the birds at risk there are also species of woodpecker and swallow.
 The park is home to numerous mammals, including mountain cats, martens, wild boar, moufflon and fallow deer. The paths in the park were made by coal merchants who, in the past, used the trees in these woods for coal, and visitors who venture into the heart of the park are rewarded with extraordinary sights and emotions. There is also a museum in the park, which was set up by the forest rangers and is entirely dedicated to the Sardinian deer.
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The Monte Arcosu Park
 The Monte Arcosu Park covers a forest area of great value and interest because of its flora and fauna. It offers the ideal habitat for numerous species, among which the Sardinian deer (cervus elaphus corsicanus), also to be found in the Sette Fratelli National Park.
In 1984 the WWF acquired the area covering Monte Arcosu in an attempt at reducing the poaching, which was slowly wiping out the entire colony of Sardinian deer, as well as many other species. The intervention of the WWF, in fact, saved one of the most beautiful and suggestive areas of Sardinia.
 There are also numerous species of reptile, such as grass snakes and ring snakes, the latter is the rarest ophidian in Italy.
Monte Arcosu is the perfect place for excursions and the many paths guide visitors passed splendid views, striking sights and allow them a glimpse of the true king of the park, the Sardinian deer.
The protected area of Monte Arcosu can be reached from Cagliari on the SS 195 road for Pula. After 10 km, there is a turning for Capoterra, which leads to the country church of S. Lucia, from here the WWF park is well sign-posted. |
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