sentences:  For the Ogliastra region, this natural monument constitutes the most important evidence of erosion of the large calcareous strata of the Giurese that has covered this part of the island for about ten million years and, being visible over a long distance, constituted a reference point for all those that crossed these mountain zones in times gone by.It was considered as an holy mountain by the Nuragic people inhabiting the zone.Its name seems to be linked to the name given by the Romans to the old tribe inhabiting the zone