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Olbia (Sardinian

Sardinian language

Sardinian is, after Italian language, the main language spoken on the island of Sardinia, Italy. It is considered the most conservative of the Romance languages in terms of phonology and is noted for its Paleosardinian substratum....
: Terranoa, Gallurese

Gallurese

Gallurese is a diasystem of the Sardinian language, spoken in the Gallura , north-eastern part of Sardinia including the town of Tempio Pausania ....
: Tarranoa), is a town of approximately 51,000 inhabitants in northeastern Sardinia

Sardinia

Sardinia is the Mediterranean islands#By area island in the Mediterranean Sea . The area of Sardinia is . The island is surrounded by the France island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Tunisia and the Balearic Islands....
(Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
), in the Gallura

Gallura

Gallura is a geographical and cultural region in northern Sardinia, Italy. In the Middle Ages, it formed it was one of the four giudicati of the island....
sub-region. Called Olbia in the Roman age, Civita in the Middle Ages (Giudicati

Giudicati

The giudicati were the indigenous kingdoms of Sardinia from about 900 until 1410, when the last fell to the Crown of Aragon. The rulers of the giudicati were giudici , from the Latin language iudice , often translates as "judge"....
period) and Terranova Pausania before the 1940s, Olbia was again the official name of the town after the period of Fascism

Fascism

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Olbia (Sardinian

Sardinian language

Gallurese

Sardinia

Italy

Gallura

Gallura is a geographical and cultural region in northern Sardinia, Italy. In the Middle Ages, it formed it was one of the four giudicati of the island....
sub-region.

Called Olbia in the Roman age, Civita in the Middle Ages (Giudicati

Giudicati

Fascism

Fascism is a Political radicalism, Authoritarianism Nationalism ideology that aims to create a single-party state with a government led by a dictator who seeks national unity and development by requiring individuals to subordinate self-interest to the collective interest of the nation or Race ....
. It is the economic centre of this part of the island (commercial centres, food industry) and is very close to the famous Costa Smeralda

Costa Smeralda

The Costa Smeralda is a coastal area in northern Sardinia, 55 km long and covering more than 30 km?, with enchanting beaches and a system of villages built according to an extremely detailed urban planning....
tourist area. It is an administrative capital (together with Tempio Pausania

Tempio Pausania

Tempio Pausania , a town of est. 15,000 inhabitants in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia, Italy, the administrative capital of the province of Olbia-Tempio....
) of the province of Olbia-Tempio

Province of Olbia-Tempio

Olbia-Tempio is the name of a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia, Italy.The territory includes the historical region of Gallura , the northeastern coast of Sardinia , and the island of La Maddalena ....
, operative since 2005.

History

Olbia (the name is of Greek origin) is very ancient and was possibly founded by the Greeks

Greeks

The Greeks , also known as Hellenes, are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions, who can also be found in Greek diaspora communities around the world....
, according to a local legend. 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

Giudicato of Gallura

The Giudicato of Gallura was one of four Sardinian giudicati of the Middle Ages. These were de facto independent states ruled by judges bearing the title iudex ....
, one of the four independent states of Sardinia.

Main sights

the Romanesque former cathedral of San Simplicio (11th-12th century).

Transportation

Olbia is the main connection between Sardinia and the Italian peninsula, with an airport (Olbia - Costa Smeralda

Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport

Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport is an international airport in Olbia, Sardinia ....
), a passenger port (Olbia-Isola Bianca), and a railway to Porto Torres and Cagliari. There is an expressway to Nuoro

Nuoro

Nuoro , is a town in central Sardinia, Italy, located at the slopes of Ortobene. The capital of the province of Nuoro, it is the administrative center of one Europe's less-densely populated areas, encompassing the western sector of the Logudoro traditional subregion....
and Cagliari

Cagliari

Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means the castle. It has about 160,000 inhabitants, or about 500,000 including the suburbs : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu Sant'Elena....
(SS131) and national roads to Sassari

Sassari

Sassari , is a town in the province of Sassari in Sardinia, Italy. The second-largest town on the island in terms of population, Sassari is one of the most ancient Sardinian towns, and contains a considerable collection of Sardinian art....
(SS199-E840), Tempio Pausania

Tempio Pausania

Tempio Pausania , a town of est. 15,000 inhabitants in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia, Italy, the administrative capital of the province of Olbia-Tempio....
(SS127), and Palau

Palau (disambiguation)

Palau may refer to:* Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean** Palauan language, a language spoken in Palau and Guam**...
(SS125).

Olbia

History

Main sights

Transportation

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