Capture of San Pietro and Sant'Antioco
Early in 1793, during the War of the First Coalition, the French Navy made a concerted assault on the island of Sardinia, then a possession of the House of Savoy.
Gonnesa is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Carbonia-Iglesias in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Cagliari and about 14 kilometres (9 mi) northwest of Carbonia, in the Iglesiente subregion.
Population: 4,154
Latitude: 39° 15' 55.26" N
Longitude: 8° 28' 13.37" E
Early in 1793, during the War of the First Coalition, the French Navy made a concerted assault on the island of Sardinia, then a possession of the House of Savoy.
Decimomannu Air Base (IATA: DCI, ICAO: LIED) is an Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare) air force base located approximately 5 km (2.7 NM) north of Decimomannu a comune in the Province of Cagliari on the island of Sardinia in Italy.
…San Pietro Island (Italian: Isola di San Pietro, Ligurian Tabarchino: Uiza de San Pé, Sardinian: Isula 'e Sàntu Pèdru) is an island approximately 7 kilometres (4 miles) off the South western Coast of Sardinia, Italy, facing the Sulcis peninsula. Wit…
Poggio dei Pini, literally “Pine Knoll” is a locality situated in south-west Sardinia, about 15 km from Cagliari, the island’s capital.
Monte Arcosu is a mountain in the Sulcis massif, in southern Sardinia, Italy.
The Cixerri is an Italian river in southern Sardinia province of Cagliari. It springs from Monte Croccoriga, at 313 metres (1,027 ft) above sea level, in the province of Carbonia-Iglesias. The river flows into a lake north of Iglesias and then exits…
The Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari (Cagliari Observatory, OAC) is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Italy's Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (National Institute for Astrophysics, INAF). It is located 20 km away from Cagliari i…