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The Iglesiente is a traditional and geographical subdivision of
From the mid-19th century the mining activity resumed at a rapid pace which led to the opening of the mines of Monteponi, Ingurtosu, Montevecchio and the mining villages of Buggerru, Nebida, San Benedetto and Gennas Serapis.
Recently, the decline of the mining sector has caused a crisis of the local economy.
The Iglesiente is a traditional and geographical subdivision of Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...
, Italy
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. It encompasses the northern province of Carbonia-Iglesias and the south-western one of the province of Medio Campidano, and its main center is Iglesias.
Languages spoken include Italian
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and Sardinian ( Campidanesu).
History
Historically, it was inhabited since pre- Nuragic times. Later, it became an important metallurgic district for the Romans, who had here a town known as '' Metalla''. From this period dates the construction of the Temple of Antas at Fluminimaggiore, dedicated to the cult of the Sardus Pater. In the Middle Ages, the Pisans founded here the mining town of Villa di Chiesa (modern Iglesias), which soon became one the largest in the island. Later it was conquered by the Aragonese, who held it until 1720, when thehouse of Savoy
The House of Savoy (, ) is a royal house (formally a dynasty) of Franco-Italian origin that was established in 1003 in the historical region of Savoy, which was originally part of the Kingdom of Burgundy and now lies mostly within southeastern F ...
acquired the Kingdom of Sardinia
The Kingdom of Sardinia, also referred to as the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica among other names, was a State (polity), country in Southern Europe from the late 13th until the mid-19th century, and from 1297 to 1768 for the Corsican part of ...
. During the 17th-18th century were refounded the villages of Musei, Gonnesa
Gonnesa is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italy, Italian region Sardinia, located about west of Cagliari and about northwest of Carbonia, Italy, Carbonia, in the Iglesiente subregion.
The town was refounded ...
and Fluminimaggiore.
From the mid-19th century the mining activity resumed at a rapid pace which led to the opening of the mines of Monteponi, Ingurtosu, Montevecchio and the mining villages of Buggerru, Nebida, San Benedetto and Gennas Serapis.
Recently, the decline of the mining sector has caused a crisis of the local economy.
See also
*Monte Linas
Monte Linas is a massif in the province of South Sardinia, in south-western Sardinia, Italy. It is mostly composed of granite, and includes numerous mineral deposits, such as zinc and lead
Lead () is a chemical element; it has Chemical symbol ...
* Sulcis
References
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* Sulcis-Iglesiente Geography of Sardinia