Theme Week Sardinia – Olbia
Friday, 24 April 2015 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union Category/Kategorie: General
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Olbia is a city and comune of 58,000 inhabitants in northeastern Sardinia, in the
Gallura sub-region. Called
Olbia in the Roman age,
Civita in the Middle Ages (
Giudicati period) and
Terranova Pausania before the 1940s,
Olbia was again the official name of the city during the period of Fascism.
It is the economic centre of this part of the island (commercial centres, food industry) and is very close to the famous Costa Smeralda tourist area. It is one of the administrative capitals of the province of Olbia-Tempio , operative since 2005 and canceled after a referendum seven years later. A dynamic city, which presents itself as a tourist destination, for the beautiful sea and beaches and also for the large number of places of cultural interest to visit.
Port of Olbia © flickr.com - Matthieu FAURE/cc-by-sa-2.0
Olbia is very ancient and was possibly founded by the
Punics , according to the archaeological findings. It contains ruins from Phoenician and Carthaginian settlement to the Roman Era, when it was an important port, and the Middle Ages, when it was the capital of the
Giudicato of Gallura , one of the four independent states of Sardinia.
The main sights are the Romanesque former cathedral of San Simplicio (11th-12th century), the Church of St. Paul Apostle (medieval period), and the National Archaeology Museum.
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