Jerzu is set on a hill overlooking the sea and is surrounded by a frame of limestone peaks, an ideal spot for rock-climbing. The climbing area around the village of Jerzu is certainly one of the most interesting and suggestive of Sardinia. The area is also well known for the production of one of the finest Sardinian DOC wines famous the world over: the Cannonau. The Jerzu cooperative wine store was founded in 1950 and includes over five hundred partners; there the grapes are gathered and turned into the prestigious wine that is the essence of the Jerzu wine fair. Inhabited since the prehistoric age, the Jerzu territory has preserved many traces of the human presence in the area. The domus de janas of Su Senili, Uris, Perda Pertunda and Sa Ibba Illixi date back to third millennium BC, while the nuraghes of Su Scurius, Sa Domu ‘e s’Orku, Is Crresinus, S’Ollasteddu belong to the second millennium BC.