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Gùspini/Guspini

Montevecchio – Montevecchio Mines loop from Gùspini/Guspini

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Italy
Sardinia
Sud Sardegna
Gùspini/Guspini

Montevecchio – Montevecchio Mines loop from Gùspini/Guspini

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Montevecchio – Montevecchio Mines loop from Gùspini/Guspini

01:12

17.5km

290m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 2, 2026

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6.28 km

Montevecchio Mining Village

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

Until the mid-19th century, Montevecchio didn't even have a name.

With the development of the mine by the Sanna-Castoldi family, a cluster of buildings serving the mining industry arose: homes for employees and managers, offices, schools, as well as recreational facilities and sports facilities, as well as a hospital.

Even today, not a single structure in the village exists that wasn't built for the mine and its workers.

Today, Montevecchio still has a few hundred inhabitants, and walking its streets, you can appreciate the urban and architectural evolution of the village, developed over 150 years of mining activity.

TO VISIT THE MINE, this is the official website: minieradimontevecchio.it

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9.26 km

Montevecchio

Highlight • Historical Site

Once past the mine, a few bends further you reach Montevecchio. The town housed the apartments of the mine managers and the highest officials who ran the mine, as well as accommodation for workers, barracks, hospital and schools, a post office, a chemical laboratory, and even a football pitch for the local team.

Today inhabited by a few hundred people, most of the time you will struggle to find even a handful of them. The sound of the wind will be your only travel companion.

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10.4 km

Montevecchio Mines

Highlight • Historical Site

The Montevecchio Mine is one of the most representative sites of Sardinian industrial archaeology and is part of the UNESCO-recognized Geo-mining Historical and Environmental Park of Sardinia. Mining operations, which began in 1848 and ended in 1991, made Montevecchio one of Europe's most important mining centers for lead and zinc production.

The complex preserves washeries, shafts, workshops, warehouses, miners' quarters, and the management building with the adjoining church of Santa Barbara. Today, several guided tours are available that illustrate daily life in the mines and the technological evolution of the mining industry.

Tours can be booked online at minieramontevecchio.it or at the Geo-mining Park information points.

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12.1 km

Montevecchio Mines

Highlight • Historical Site

The Montevecchio mine is an impressive example of how a place devoted to the consumption of natural resources can be abandoned and used for other purposes. Zinc, lead and silver were once extracted here, but today it is a tourist site devoted to art and culture.

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17.5 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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14.9 km

2.02 km

319 m

302 m

Surfaces

15.3 km

1.80 km

319 m

133 m

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Highest point (370 m)

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