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Theme Week Sardinia – Quartu Sant’Elena

Tuesday, 21 April 2015 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union
Category/Kategorie: General Reading Time:  3 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Quartu Sant’Elena, located four miles East from Cagliari on the ancient Roman road, is a city and comune in the Province of Cagliari. It is the third biggest city of Sardinia with a population of 69,000. The city’s name comes from its distance to Cagliari (Quartum miles, Latin for “four miles”), and from the passage there of St. Helena, mother of emperor Constantine.

In 1793 the soldiers of a French fleet landed on the coast of Quartu, with the intention of conquering the whole island; the people of the city, led by Antonio Pisanu, assailed the French and repelled them after a bloody battle. Feudalism ended in 1836 under the baron Pes di Villamarina. In 1956 Quartu Sant’Elena was upgraded to the status of a “city”.

There are five churches situated in the city. The most important are the churches of Sant’Elena Imperatrice (dating before 1589, but now in neoclassical style and recently proclaimed “Basilica”), Santa Maria Cepola (before 1089) and Sant’Agata. There is also Sa dom’e farra, a large peasant house of the 17th century with various rooms, objects and tools used by the peasant society. There are numerous nuraghi in the vicinity.

The economy is based on the tertiary industry. Quartu also produces excellent wines, bread and cakes. Although the city is not extremely big, there are many shopping opportunities: Carrefour, E. Leclerc-Conad, Iper Pan. The most important religious festivity is dedicated to Saint Helena and is celebrated on 14 September.

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