Tempio Pausania is a town in Sardinia of about 13,000 inhabitants, located in the heart of Gallura, at the foot of Mount Limbara at an altitude of about 600 meters above sea level. It is the seat of a court, has several high schools and a civil hospital, as well as a Catholic bishopric (Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias).
Also known as the “stone town,” it has a distinctive old town center of exposed granite, which recently enabled it to join the network of Italy’s Most Beautiful Villages.
Monuments and places of interest include: the St. Peter’s Cathedral complex and the various churches all located in the historic center; the Art Nouveau-architecture train station particularly well cared for in its materials and decorations in Art Deco taste, with paintings by Giuseppe Biasi; the two-cone Maiori Nuraghe with granite structure, dating back to 1400 B.C.; the Rinaggiu springs, immersed in a park and with an adjoining hydropinic establishment; and Mount Limbara (1359 m), 16 km south of the city.
