The municipality of Ardauli, located in the historical region of Barigadu, in the province of Oristano, is immersed in an unspoiled, sometimes wild territory, where Mediterranean scrub dominates with cork oaks, holm oaks, cysts and lentisks.
In the center of the village, among narrow lanes, stands the parish church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin of the Good Way, built between 1620 and 1680. Other sacred buildings, of great interest, are: the Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, on the outskirts of the town, and the camprestri churches of St. Quirico and St. Anthony. Numerous houses built of trachyte, embellished with lintels carved in the Gothic-Aragonese style, are preserved in the urban fabric of Ardauli.
The territory of Ardauli is home to domus de janas underground tombs, the ‘fairy houses’ of folk tradition, better known in Ardauli as sos musuleos, ‘the mausoleums,’ typical of the Sardinian Neolithic period, and numerous archaeological evidences related to human habitation in prehistoric times. The most important monument is the Painted Tomb of Mandras. The area around the hypogeum is rich in artifacts that testify to the main productive activities of our village, the palmenti – wine-making facilities dug into the rock (better known in Ardauli as Lacos de Catzigare) – and the pinnettos, the ancient stone constructions with tholos roofs, functional for sheltering shepherds and farmers.
As for monumental evidence from the Nuragic period, one can still see the ruins of the Monte Piscamu nuraghe that stands on a rocky outcrop, occupied today by the waters of Lake Omodeo.
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