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With the Unification of Italy in 1861, the Kingdom of Sardinia became the Kingdom of Italy. Since 1855 the national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi bought most of the island of Caprera in the Maddalena archipelago, where he moved because of the loss of his home town of Nice.
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia and immediately south of the French island of Corsica.
Apr 3, 2024 · Sardinia, kingdom of the house of Savoy from 1720, which was centred on the lands of Piedmont (in northwestern Italy) and Sardinia. In 1718, by the Treaty of London among the great powers, Victor Amadeus II, duke of Savoy and sovereign of Piedmont, was forced to yield Sicily to the Austrian.
Sardinia ( Italian: Sardegna [sarˈdeɲɲa], Sardinian: Sardìgna/Sardìnnia) is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea after Sicily, between the Balearic Islands and the Italian peninsula and south of Corsica. It is an autonomous region of Italy . Provinces [ edit] Sardinia regions - Color-coded map.
Sardinia, Italian Sardegna, Island and autonomous region (pop., 2001 prelim.: 1,599,511), Italy. Off the southern Italian coast, Sardinia is the second largest island in the western Mediterranean Sea. It measures 9,194 sq mi (23,813 sq km); its capital is Cagliari.
Cagliari (/ k æ l ˈ j ɑːr i /, also UK: / ˌ k æ l i ˈ ɑːr i, ˈ k æ l j ə r i /, US: / ˈ k ɑː l j ə r i /, Italian: [ˈkaʎʎari] ⓘ; Sardinian: Casteddu [kasˈteɖːu]; Latin: Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy.
Sardinia is one of Italy’s two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea. It’s to the west of the Italian coast, just south of France’s island of Corsica, and is one of Italy’s five autonomous regions. There is one UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sardinia – the ancient ruins of nuraghe (fortified structures built in the 2nd century BCE) in Barumini.
