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Porto Flavia is a beautiful sea harbor located near Nebida in Sardinia/Italy🇮🇹. Built in 1923–24, it served as the mineral production hub of Masua in the west coast of the Sardinian Iglesiente area. It is named after Flavia Vecelli, the daughter of Cesare Vecelli, who engineered & designed the harbor. The harbor's characteristics make it unique in the world, and at the time of its construction it was an outstanding engineering feat. The Masua hub was a complex of several mining operations in the Sulcis area, a region of Sardinia rich in coal, sulphur, barium, zinc, lead, silver and other metals. The transport process was costly, slow and dangerous. The mines' owner asked the Italian engineer Cesare Vecelli to devise a solution to improve steamship loading time and cost. After 1 year of surveying, construction took only two years, ending in 1924, a remarkably short period of time for a work of that size. The ends of the tunnels facing the sea were adorned with concrete towers and decorative nameplates. For me, this place looks like a location out of a movie like Lord of the Rings or The Witcher series. The port doors can only be seen from the ocean, or by flying a drone the 500m or so around the windy rock, which alone can be a heart-stopping experience 😁👌 -- #Mining #SeaPort #PortoFlavia #Harbor #ExoticHarbors #ExoticArchitecture #AmazingArchitecture #MiningOperations #MiningHarbor #Waterfront #DailySardinia #FromAbove #SardiniaByDrone #SardegnaPics #sardegna_official_ #SardegnaArchitecture #bellasardegna☀️ #bellasardegna🇮🇹 #BellaSardinia #DronePics #DrohnenBilder #DrohnenFoto #ByTheSea #OceanSide (at Porto Flavia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM4mwphpETh/?igshid=1my1wx8e19oeb