Tortoli is a small Sardinian village of little more than 10000 inhabitants, capital of the province along with other country's so-called Lanusei Florence Province.

This province is situated in the central part of Sardinia, between the provinces of Nuoro and Cagliari and is washed by the Tyrrhenian Sea.   A small curiosity is offered by the fact that with its 23 municipalities and 50 Aols thousand inhabitants, the province dellOgliastra, led by Tortoli and Lanusei, is the least populated of Italy.

The origin of the name is quite Tortolì discussed by experts from place names, but mainly you think that could come from the name of an ancient port, then crippled by the Pisans in Tortohelie.

Geographically its location is very convenient, so it is currently the subject of numerous trade and land, the railway station, or by sea, with its port, which the aircraft with the airport Arbatax.

The neighboring countries are municipalities in the north of Sunflower and Lotzorai, Bari Sardo in the south, west and Villagrande Strisaili Ilbono.

The altitude of the town is a few meters above sea level.

The territory around Tortoli is typical Sardinian, variegated with beautiful beaches, the hinterland and the wild mountain scenery in the Gennargentu.

Tortoli has always been defined as a country between the sea and the pond, and perhaps this feature of the proved favorable.

The country is crossed by a small river, the Rio Foddeddu, which flows directly into the sea near the port.

The area near the port from which named Arbatax, is famous for its red rocks, which takes its name from a blues music festival that takes place every summer in the country.

These rocks are composed of diorite porphyry and red and black emerging from the sea as they were a species of large rocks.

Dolomite scenery seems lifted right from the sea.

To talk about the beaches in depth later, but suffice it to say that are sought after destination for many tourists to the white sand and clear and the clarity of the sea. Below are some pictures of the beautiful beach of Cea

As for the lakes, they are not present in the country, and the nearest is Flumendosa.

The first mention of Tortoli (although its foundation dates back to 3000 BC) date back to the Roman Empire domination by foreign peoples, first the Carthaginians, then the Goths, to pass under Arab rule, and then Spanish. In about 1100 he joined the court of Cagliari and became the capital of the County of Quirra.

Its recent history is more detailed: in 1807 became the provincial capital until 1859 when it leaves the scepter Lanusei and becomes part of the province of Cagliari.

One of the blackest pages in the history of this country is scirtta But in 1869 when he arrives in town smallpox, brought by a prisoner, who claimed many victims. Just continue to make smallpox deaths in 1908, until the arrival of the even worse Spanish flu.

Meanwhile Tortolì changes again and passes under Nuoro province until the year 2005 when in fact became the capital with Lanusei Ogliastra.

Another black page is then written in the second world war when Tortoli, in particular its port of Arbatax, is bombed by 18 planes to stop maritime trade of our country. A few years before had received the visit of Mussolini.