Castles of Sardinia

Between existing and disappeared there are 82 castles in Sardinia, all built during the Middle Ages. Some date back to the Byzantine period, but most of them were built during the Giudicati period and the della Gherardesca, Malaspina and Doria domination, especially from the second half of the 13th century onwards.

Realized mainly for strategic-military purposes, they had the function of supervising the judicial borders and the most important communication routes. With the unification of Sardinia under the Aragonese their importance faded away and over time almost all of them went into ruin.

List

N.	name	comune	provincia	giudicato	curatoria	date/period	conditions
1	Castle of Acquafredda	Siliqua	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Sigerro	XIII century	in ruins
2	Castle of Arcuentu	Arbus	Sud Sardegna	Arborea	Monreale	XI century	in ruins
3	Castle of Ardara	Ardara	Sassari	Torres	Oppia	XI century	ruins of a tower
4	Castle of Balariana	Luogosanto	Sassari	Gallura	Gallura	XI century	some ruins
5	Castle of Baratuli	Monastir	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Dolia	after 1258	in ruins
6	Castle of Barumele	Ales	Oristano	Arborea	Usellus	Byzantine period	in ruins
7	Castle of Bonvehì (or Bonuighinu)	Mara	Sassari	Torres	Cabudabbas	probably XII century	ruins of a tower
8	Castle of Bulzi	Bulzi	Sassari	Torres	Anglona	XII century	some ruins
9	Castle of Capu Abbas (o Civita)	Olbia	Sassari	Gallura	Fundimonte	XIII century	in ruin
10	Castle of Capula	Siligo	Sassari	Torres	Meilogu	XIII century	few ruins
11	Castle of Casa di Regno (Mar'e Pontis)]]	Cabras	Oristano	Arborea	Campidano Maggiore	late Byzantine	few traces
12	Castle ofi Casteddu Etzu	Fordongianus	Oristano	Arborea	Barigadu	Byzantine	scomparso
13	Castle of Castel Pisano	sconosciuto	Sassari	Torres	Nurra	unknown	disappeared
14	Castle of Castel Rosso	Perfugas	Sassari	Torres	Anglona	XII century	disappeared
15	Castle of Casteldoria	Santa Maria Coghinas	Sassari	Torres	Anglona	XII century	ruins of the walls and a tower
16	Castle of Castro	Oschiri	Sassari	Torres	Montacuto	Byzantine	ruins
17	Castle of Castrum Sulcitanum	Sant'Antioco	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Sulcis	Byzantine	disappeared
18	Castle of Cheremule	Cheremule	Sassari	Torres	Cabudabbas	giudicale	ruins
19	Castle of Chiaramonti	Chiaramonti	Sassari	Torres	Anglona	XIII century	ruins
20	Castle Corallo	Gavoi	Nuoro	Arborea	Barbagia di Ollolai	giudicale	some ruins
21	Castle of Crasta	Monti	Sassari	Torres	Montacuto	giudicale	few ruins
22	Castle of Cugato	Oschiri	Sassari	Torres	Monteacuto	unknown	disappeared
23	Castle of Erguri	Buddusò	Sassari	Torres	Montacuto	giudicale	disappeared
24	Castle of Essola	sconosciuto	Sassari	Torres	Nurra	probably giudicale	disappeared
25	Castle of Fava	Posada	Nuoro	Gallura	Posada	giudicale	good
26	Castle of Figulinas	Florinas	Sassari	Torres	Figulinas	very ancient	disappeared
27	Castle of Funtana Menta	Senis	Oristano	Arborea	Parte Valenza	giudicale	a tower in good condictions
28	Castle of Ghilarza	Ghilarza	Oristano	Arborea	Guilcer	XV century	very good
29	Castle of Gioiosa Guardia	Villamassargia	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Sigerro	probably giudicale	ruins
30	Castle of Girapala	Paulilatino	Oristano	Arborea	Guilcier	periodo giudicale	disappeared
31	Castle of Goceano (o di Burgos)	Burgos	Sassari	Torres	Goceano	1127-1129	walls and a tower
32	Castle of Gulana	Olzai	Nuoro	Arborea	Barbagia di Ollolai	unknown	disappeared
33	Castle of Laconi	Laconi	Oristano	Arborea	ParteValenza	probably Byzantine	ruins
34	Castle of Longonsardo	Santa Teresa Gallura	Sassari	Gallura	Taras	XIV century	few ruins
35	Castle of Osilo (o dei Malaspina)	Osilo	Sassari	Torres	Montes	XIII century	a portion in good condictions
36	Castle of Malvicino	Villaputzu	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Sarrabus	XIII century	ruins
37	Castle of Marmilla	Las Plassas	Sud Sardegna	Arborea	Arborea	from X century	perimetral walls
38	Castle of Medusa	Asuni	Oristano	Arborea	Mandrolisai	giudicale	ruins
39	Castle of Mondragone	Porto Torres	Sassari	Torres	Nurra	non precisabile	disappeared
40	Castle of Monreale	Sardara	Sud Sardegna	Arborea	Bonorcili	secolo XIII	mura perimetrali
41	Castle of Montacuto	Berchidda	Sassari	Torres	Monteacuto	probabilmente secolo XI	numerosi ruderi
42	Castle of Monteforte	Sassari	Sassari	Torres	Nurra	periodo giudicale	pochi ruderi
43	Castle of Monteleone	Monteleone Rocca Doria	Sassari	Torres	Monteleone	secolo XIII	pochi ruderi
44	Castle of Montesanto	Mores	Sassari	Torres	Oppia	secolo XIII	scomparso
45	Castle of Montezuighe	Ittireddu	Sassari	Torres	Montacuto	fine secolo XIII	pochi ruderi
46	Castle of Montiferru (CastedduEzzu)	Cuglieri	Oristano	Torres	Montiferru	secolo XI	resti mura perimetrali e una torre
47	Castle of Murgunulis	Usellus	Oristano	Arborea	Parte Usellus	origine incerta	scomparso
48	Castle of Narbolia	Narbolia	Oristano	Arborea	Campidano di Milis	periodo giudicale	scomparso
49	Castle of Nora	Pula	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Nora	periodo bizantno	scomparso
50	Castle of Ogliastra	Lotzorai	Nuoro	Cagliari	Ogliastra	periodo giudicale	parzialmente in rovina
51	Castle of Oliena	Oliena	Nuoro	Gallura	Orosei	probabilmente secolo XI	scomparso
52	Castle of Olomene	Pattada	Sassari	Torres	Montacuto	fasi diverse	numerose rovine
53	Castle of Olova	Luras	Sassari	Gallura	Gemini	periodo giudicale	alcuni resti
54	Castle of Orsetto (Barigadu)	Neoneli	Nuoro	Arborea	Barigadu	periodo bizantino	pochi resti
55	Castle of Oristano	Oristano	Oristano	Arborea		periodo giudicale	scomparso
56	Castle of Orosei	Orosei	Nuoro	Gallura	Gallura	periodo giudicale	conserva la torre del mastio
57	Castle of Orvei	Tula	Sassari	Gallura	Montacuto	periodo giudicale	resti di alcuni ambienti
58	Castle of Ozula (Palattu ezzu)	Sennori	Sassari	Torres	Romangia	epoca imprecisabile	facciata e cortile verificare
59	Castle of Padulaccia	Telti	Sassari	Gallura	Fundimonte	probabile periodo bizantino	rovine della cinta muraria
60	Castle of Palmas	San Giovanni Suergiu	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Sols	periodo giudicale	una torre in non buone condizioni
61	Castle of Pedres	Olbia	Sassari	Gallura	Fundimonte	secolo XIII	resti di mura e alcune torri
62	Castle of Pontes	Galtellì	Nuoro	Gallura	Galtellì	secolo XII	parti delle mura e di una torre
63	Castle of Quirra	Villaputzu	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Quirra	periodo giudicale	pochi resti
64	Castle of Re Baldo	Luogosanto	Sassari	Gallura	Balariana	secolo XI	resti significativi
65	Castle of Roccaforte	Giave	Sassari	Torres	Caputabbas	secolo XIV	scomparso
66	Castello della Rosa	Jerzu	Nuoro	Cagliari	Ogliastra	nel secolo XI	pochi resti
67	Castle of Salvaterra	Iglesias	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Cixerri	secolo XIII	poche tracce
68	Castle of San Michele	Cagliari	Cagliari	Cagliari	Campidano di Cagliari	periodo giudicale	ottime
69	Castle of Sanluri	Sanluri	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Nuraminis	secolo XI	ottime
70	Castle of Sant'Isidoro	Teulada	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Sols	periodo bizantino	poche tracce
71	Castle of Santisconata	Domus de Maria	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Nora	incerta	pochi ruderi
72	Castle of Sa Prisoni Bezza	Macomer	Nuoro	Torres	Marghine	secolo XII	scomparso
73	Castle of Sassai (o di Orguglioso)	Silius	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Gerrei	periodo giudicale	ottime
74	Castle of Sassari	Sassari	Sassari	Torres	Romangia	secolo XIV	scomparso
75	Castle of Segariu	Segariu	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Trexenta	secolo XII	pochi ruderi
76	Castle of Serla	Norbello	Oristano	Arborea	Guilcier	periodo giudicale	scomparso
77	Castle of Serravalle	Bosa	Oristano	Torres	Planargia	secolo XII	ottime
78	Castle of Sorra (Sorres)	Torralba	Sassari	Torres	Meilogu	secolo XIV	scomparso
79	Castle of Tissilo	Ussassai	Nuoro	Cagliari	Barbagia di Seulo	non precisabile	pochi resti
80	Castle of Tului	Tratalias	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Sols	giudicale	disappeared
81	Castle of Uras	Uras	Oristano	Arborea	Bonorzuli	unknown	disappeared
82	Castle of Villasor	Villasor	Sud Sardegna	Cagliari	Gippi	XV century	good

Bibliography

Francesco Floris, ed. (2007). Enciclopedia della Sardegna. Sassari: Newton&Compton editore.