Bahrain 5 - The Fort near Karranah

The Fort - Qal'at - of Bahrain [قلعة البحرين], is located by the sea in the northern coast
of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

[Slideshow by G@ttogiallo]
It is one of the Kingdom's most important historical and archaeological sites where
excavations carried out since 1954 have unearthed antiquaries from an artificial mound
of 12 m height containing seven stratified layers, created by various occupants from
2300 BC up to the 18th century, including Kassites, Portuguese and Persians.
It was once the capital of the Dilmun civilization and was inscribed as a UNESCO
World Heritage Site in 2005.
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Hands full of sand...

... of sardinian sand.

One video and a few pictures, taken 5 days ago in the morning at the mouth of the river
Flumendosa, closed at this time of the year for reasons related to farmed fish, particularly
grey mullets (muggine-i), whose roe pouch is very appreciated as a delicacy under the
(italian) name of 'bottarga'.

[G@ttoGiallo]

Italian river Flumendosa, rises in the Gennargentu Mountains in southeastern Sardinia, Italy, and flows
127 km (79 miles) west and southeast, entering the Tyrrhenian Sea near Muravera and Villaputzu.
The Ente Autonomo del Flumendosa, a dam and irrigation project, was established in 1946 to develop
the resources of the Flumendosa River basin. [Britannica.com].






Far away, the marina of Porto Corallo.
(Click to see some other beautiful places).
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If you're curious enough and want to know about the river's basin geomorphology, well,
help yourself HERE.

Bye bye rainy Paris - Granny, I'm coming !

The White Cafe, in Villasimius and...
a first 'happy hour' in Sardinia...

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Running after the sun...

Well, it's definitely time to go south !




The weather forecast and these pictures speak by themselves.

Paris > and Nice >

And a tanned G@tto will be back to you around October 20th.
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