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Arborea district
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Arborea
(born with the name Mussolinia) is a a piece of Veneto in
Sardinia, a small town in the Oristano municipality surrounded
by numerous farms and alleys, eucalyptuses, poplars and pine
trees.
The village
has a population of 3.927 inhabitants (Arborensi) and a surface
of 115,5 square kilometers with a density of 34 inhabitants per
square kilometer. It rises around 5 meters above the sea level.
The area
was considered a marshy area until early 1919 when it was
drained thanks to agricultural and urban reforms during the
Italian Fascist period (when it was called Mussolinia) and in
1937 about 3000 hectares of land have been redeemed from the
agricultural and zootechnical products. The terrains, only a
few meters above the level of the nearby sea, are flat and
highly productive and the climate is warm and uniform, while
water is in relatively good supply. All of those elements have
encouraged the development of market gardening and fruit
production--especially citrus crops, strawberries, peaches,
pears, melons and watermelons--which represent together with
bovine breeding the area's primary source of income.
Today
Arborea is a nice and beautiful village often referred as a
flourishing oasis rationally organised as a blooming
agricultural area unique in Sardininia: the landscape shows
cultivated fields in succession, flanked by trees, modern
stables and canals and its architectural environment (historical
villas and Palazzi,
colourful
gardens, and new modern urban areas) proudly is considered as
the sole inimitable example in Sardinia although has influenced
since most of the other centres all around the Oristano
province.
The name
Arborea comes from the original name of the now Oristano
Municipality. For instance, between the X and XIV century
Sardinia was divided in four small states inherited from the
Byzantine jurisdiction. Each state was called Giudicato (managed
by a Judge), a sort of governor and prince. The Giudicato of
Arborea existed until the Aragonians arrived in 1417 submitting
the whole area to Oristano Marquesses and Lords of Goceano.
To the tourist Arborea represents a relaxing countryside and sea
by holiday, within small and characteristic ‘agriturismo’,
typical bed&breakfast Locande, and a luxury hotel famous for its
horse riding circuit. In addition, Arborea, being situated in
the middle of Sardinia west coast, offers
an excellent base location toward other main tourist location in
Sardinia.
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