The region (Italian: Sardegna), with its capital Cagliari, is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean after Sicily. Geologically speaking, it is the oldest part of Italy and was once connected to the mainland. It is divided into four provinces: Sassari in the north-west, Oristano in the west, Cagliari in the south and Nuoro in the east.
More than 3,000 years ago, the ancient Sardinians dragged huge stones to their settlements, worked them with primitive tools and stacked them on top of one another. These ‘nuraghi’, scattered across the entire island, are the symbol of Sardinia and also gave their name to the indigenous grape variety Nuragus. As early as the 9th century BC, the Sardinians were practising viticulture, having learnt this art from the Phoenicians.
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