Ortobene
| Ortobene | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 955 m (3,133 ft) |
| Coordinates | 40°19′16.79″N 9°22′16.61″E / 40.3213306°N 9.3712806°E |
| Geography | |
  Ortobene Sardinia, Italy | |
Mount Ortobene (Orthobene in the
local dialect) is a mountain in the province of Nuoro, in central Sardinia, Italy, close to the town of Nuoro
.
There are two main parks: "Sedda Ortai" and "Il Redentore". At the feet of the mountain is a
Domus de janas
tombs. On the mountain's top is the bronze "Statue of Christ the Redeemer" by Vincenzo Jerace (1901).
Flora of the Ortobene include mostly
blue rock-thrush, wood pigeon, Dartford warbler, goshawk, Eurasian sparrowhawk, common kestrel, peregrine falcon and golden eagle
.
Grazia Deledda, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1926, wrote about Mount Ortobene:[1]
No, it's not true that the Ortobene can be compared to other mountains; there's only one Ortobene in the whole world: it's our heart, it's our soul, our character, everything big and small, kind and tough and rough and sorrowful in us.
References
- ^ Grazia Deledda, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1926
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