{"id":29599,"date":"2023-08-03T11:43:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/place\/torre-di-chia\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T11:43:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:43:48","slug":"torre-di-chia","status":"publish","type":"place","link":"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/place\/torre-di-chia\/","title":{"rendered":"Torre di Chia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Tower of Chia<\/strong> can be found in the<strong> town of the same name<\/strong>, in the municipality of <strong>Domus de Maria<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It stands on a gentle promontory, <strong>inside the Punic-Roman archaeological area of <a href=\"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/place\/citta-di-bithia\/\">Bithia<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It was built in the <strong>XVI century<\/strong> with the <strong>aim of defending the outlet of the Rio di Chia<\/strong>, an area greatly exposed to pirate landings which could rely on the large beaches in the area, ideal for stocking up on water.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the height of the promontory, <strong>no other areas can be seen from this tower<\/strong>. So, two posts acting as a lookout and for sending pending-danger messages were installed at the points known as Guardia Grande in the northeast, and Las Cannas on the Capo Spartivento in the southwest.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>first restoration work was carried out<\/strong> in<strong> the XVII century<\/strong> following a fire probably caused by the Barbareschi.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>1842,<\/strong> Carlo Alberto of Savoia abolished the <strong>Royal administration of the towers<\/strong>. From that moment onwards <strong>up until the 1950s<\/strong>, the Tower of Chia was <strong>used by the Guardia di Finanza<\/strong>. At the <strong>end of the 1990s<\/strong> it was used for a number of temporary exhibitions.<\/p>\n<p>The structure falls into the <strong>category<\/strong> of \u201c<strong>De armas<\/strong>\u201d towers and has a well-defined basic wainscoting while the inside has a cupola vault with pillar.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>entrance<\/strong> is about 5 m off the ground and can be accessed via a stainless-steel staircase during the guided tours in summer.<\/p>\n<p>The access <strong>stair<\/strong> to the terrace, inside the wall structure, is built in stone and covered with juniper wood planks. There are traces of wooden watchtowers and embrasures on the <strong>terrace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>external walls<\/strong> feature well squared sandstone ashlars probably from the ruins of the coastal Roman cities of Bithia and Nora.<\/p>\n<p>The tower offers a great view of the magnificent <a href=\"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/place\/porto-campana-e-spiagge-di-chia\/\"><strong>beach of Chia<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":27284,"template":"","tipologia":[976,1045],"categoria":[1023],"tematica":[1030],"class_list":["post-29599","place","type-place","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipologia-area-di-interesse-naturalistico-en","tipologia-tower","categoria-architectural-asset","tematica-architecture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Torre di Chia - Idese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/place\/torre-di-chia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Torre di Chia - Idese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Tower of Chia can be found in the town of the same name, in the municipality of Domus de Maria. 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