Posts Tagged 'culture'

The first historical Tortolì (though its foundation dates back to 3000 BC) took place during the Roman Empire to 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 county seat 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, however scirtta comes to town in 1869 when smallpox, brought by a prisoner who claimed many victims. Just continue to make smallpox deaths in 1908, until the arrival of the still worse Spanish flu.

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

Another page is written finally in the black World War II when Tortoli, in particular the port of Arbatax, is bombed by 18 aircraft to break the maritime trade of our country. A few years earlier had received the visit of Mussolini.