*These pictures were taken yesterday (5/17/2015)
A parish church in the village of Barumini.
Casa Zapata Museum. The house was built in the 16th century and belonged to the Zapata family.
A cat in front of Casa Zapata.
Two cats next to some flowers.
One of the carved windows on Casa Zapata.
The yard next to Casa Zapata.
The sigil for the Zapata family.
The foundation inside the house.
The foundation inside the house.
One of the oldest objects they have found: a dagger.
Carving on the door to the house.
Various tools that were used to make bread.
Bells
A flute
Various tools that were used to spin wool.
The parish church in the village of Barumini.
The gate to Casa Zapata
Some red flowers outside the gate.
The gate to the parish church.
One of the entrances to the parish church.
The land behind the parish church.
Another entrance to the parish church.
"Su Nuraxi" - a nuraghe (the tallest structure) surrounded by huts that were built by the nuragic civilization in the 12th century BC.
Lindsey in one of the holes in the hut.
Cat in one of the holes in the hut.
Neil in one of the holes in the hut.
A birds eye view of the surrounding huts from the top of the nuraghe.
The view from the top of the nuraghe.
Looking down into the nuraghe.
Very steep stairs in one of the towers.
The top of one of the towers.
The passageways were very narrow in the towers.
A friendly cat that we met after lunch.
The cat kept following us until we got on the bus.
Sardinian sheep.
View from the top of Giara (which is a very large plateau made from volcanic rock). Elevation is 1,800 ft.
This flower was everywhere on the plateau.
A wild Sardinian horse that we saw. There are only 700 of them and they only live on this plateau.
A few more horses to the right (they are smaller than regular sized horses) and to the right is a Sardinian oxen.
A pond with flowers on the Giara.
A sheppards hut on the Giara.
A lizard next to the sheppards hut.
Our tour guide taking us inside one of the sheppards huts.
A small town that we could see from the top of the Giara.
A friendly dog that we pet outside our tour guides shop,
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