Laconi

Laconi is one of the most renowned locality in the Sarcidano. In the Aymerich Park, it is possible to admire a medieval castle, whose construction began in the XI century. The neoclassic palace of the noble family Aymerich, was instead built in 1846: it strongly stands out contrasting the ordinary houses. This is the most elegant noble house in Sardinia. The Aymerich were the owners of the majority of the lands in the Laconi countryside.

The civic museum conserves numerous findings (among which menhir in trachite going back to 2500-1800 B.C.) from the whole Sarcidano, especially from the locality of Genna Arrele. The parochial museum in the church of Saints Ambrogio and Ignazio is also quite interesting: it is dedicated to Sant' Ignazio, the cappuccino monk born in this small city in 1701 and venerated all over Sardinia. Numerous sacred objects and archaeological findings can be seen here. Sant' Ignazio is celebrated every year on the 29th of August. The entire town loves its fellow citizen: Francesco Ignazio Vincenzo Peis, humble cappuccino monk that made himself to be loved for its simplicity and charity towards the poor people, beyond its thaumaturge abilities.

San Nicola church is also very interesting due to the presence (under its modern foundation) of about fifteen tombs “a camera”, nuragich huts and a chapel for the pagan cult during the roman age. Many visitors are attracted to this locality also for an other appointment: the horse market exhibition, held in June.

Laconi possesses the widest calcareous plateau of Sardinia (nearly 200 square kilometers). In the archaeological site of Genna Arrele, the first statue-menhir of the Sarcidano was discovered in 1973. Today in Genna Arrele, it is possible to admire rubbed up menhir but deprived of incisions. Not far from there, in the locality of Genna 'e Court, there is a quarry of trachyte, stone blocks which were used for making the menhir. The nuragh of Genna 'e Court (a complex structure made of one main tower and others five connected by a surrounding wall) deserves also a visit.