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Sardinia |
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In his travelogue, Sea and Sardinia, DH Lawrence wrote that Sardinia was “left outside of time and history”. Indeed, the march of time has been slow here, and traditions from ancient Europe have survived- the legacy of invasion by Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans Arabs, Byzantines, Spaniards and Savoyards.
In Italian the island is called Sardegna and is the second largest island of Mediterranean Sea after Sicily. It has to be noted that it is an autonomous regions of Italy. |
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CagliariThe capital of Sardinia, this site was occupied y the Phoenicians, Carthaginians and the Romans, and extensive ruins of the Phoenician city of Nora lie to the southwest of Cagliari. A 2nd-century amphitheatre survives from the Roman era, cut from rock. Discover the towns earlier history in the Cittadella dei Musei, the former royal arsenal. In the local Sardinian language Cagliari is called Casteddu which literally means the castle. It ahs about 170.000 inhabitants or about 300.000 including the suburbs Elmas, Pirri, Selargius, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu Sant'Elena). |
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