Sant'Antioco
Sant'Antioco
Santu Antiogu | |
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Comune di Sant'Antioco | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
Postal code | 09017 |
Dialing code | 0781 |
Patron saint | Saint Antiochus (Sant'Antioco) |
Website | Official website |
Sant'Antioco (Italian pronunciation: [santanˈtiːoko]; Sardinian: Santu Antiogu) is the name of both an island and a municipality (comune) in southwestern Sardinia, in the Province of South Sardinia, in Sulcis zone. With a population of 11,730, the municipality of Sant'Antioco it is the island's largest community. It is also the site of ancient Sulci, considered the second city of Sardinia in antiquity.
Island of Sant'Antioco
Sant'Antioco is the second largest island of the Sardinian region, after Sardinia itself, with a surface of 109 km2 (42 sq mi); it is also the fourth largest in Italy after Sicily, Sardinia and Elba. It is located some 87 km (54 mi) from Cagliari, to which is connected through the SS126 state road, using a modern bridge. The island is divided between the two municipalities of Sant'Antioco and Calasetta. Other settlements are the small tourist resort of Maladroxia (a frazione of Sant'Antioco municipality) and Cussorgia, part of Calasetta. The coast of the island is in part sandy and in part rocky. The main beaches in the island are Maladroxia and Coaquaddus, in the municipality of Sant'Antioco, and Sotto Torre, Le Saline and Spiaggia Grande in the municipality of Calasetta.
History
The island of Sant'Antioco was settled at least from the 5th millennium BC (the so-called
In the 8th century BC the Phoenicians founded a new settlement, with the name of Sulky (Punic: SLKY)[2] or Solki,[citation needed] of which a tophet (children) necropolis has been excavated. Later (6th century BC) it became a Carthaginian colony, to which another necropolis belongs. The Punic domination ended in the 3rd century BC, when Sulky was conquered by the Romans, who connected it to the mainland through an artificial isthmus. During the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey it sided with the latter, being severely punished after his defeat. During Roman times, it was called Plumbaria, after its lead deposits.[3]
The current city name derives from
In January–May 1793 the island was occupied by French troops under admiral
Main sights
- The Palaeo-Christian Basilica of Sant'Antioco, restored in 1089–1102 with its catacombs
- Roman bridge
- Roman fountain
- Ancient acropolis
- Phoenician and Punic necropolises
- Tophet
- Hypogeal village
- Ferruccio Barreca Archaeological Museum
- The Forte Su Pisu (1812)
Events
In the period from 15 May to 15 June a famous tuna "mattanza" is held, with fishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus).
Climate
Climate data for S. Antioco (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 15.1 (59.2) |
15.9 (60.6) |
18.3 (64.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
24.8 (76.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.3 (90.1) |
28.2 (82.8) |
24.7 (76.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
23.0 (73.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
7.1 (44.8) |
8.9 (48.0) |
10.7 (51.3) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.3 (70.3) |
18.3 (64.9) |
15.5 (59.9) |
11.6 (52.9) |
8.4 (47.1) |
13.6 (56.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.2 (2.21) |
57.1 (2.25) |
42.2 (1.66) |
53.3 (2.10) |
28.6 (1.13) |
12.1 (0.48) |
0.6 (0.02) |
7.4 (0.29) |
41.9 (1.65) |
60.3 (2.37) |
83.5 (3.29) |
73.9 (2.91) |
517.1 (20.36) |
Source: Climatologia della Sardegna per il trentennio 1981-2010 |
Gallery
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Basilica of Sant'Antioco Martire
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Roman bridge
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Tophet
See also
References
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Bernardini, Paolo (2015), "Sulky/Sulcis", Der Neue Pauly, vol. Supplement II, Band 10, Stuttgart: J.B. Metzlersche. (in German)
- ^ "Sant' Antioco di Sulcis". santiebeati.it.
- ^ "Nel 1815 difese l'isola dagli assalti barbareschi Sant'Antioco, una targa in ricordo dell'eroe Efisio Melis Alagna - la Nuova Sardegna". ricerca.gelocal.it. Archived from the original on 2013-12-03.
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