Castiadas

Also known as Castiàdas

Castiadas is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about east of Cagliari. Founded in the 14th century and repopulated in the 19th century after centuries of abandonment, it is part of the Sarrabus-Gerrei historical region.

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Castiadas is a small municipality in Sardinia, Italy, located east of the regional capital Cagliari, that was founded in the 14th century but lay abandoned for centuries before being repopulated in the 19th century. It matters as part of the historical Sarrabus-Gerrei region and as an example of how settlements in Sardinia have experienced cycles of establishment, decline, and revival over time.

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Italian comune.name: Castiadas
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Castiadas
Italian comune.image_skyline: Municipio Castiadas.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption: The city hall.
Italian comune.image_shield: Castiadas-Stemma.png
Italian comune.pushpin_map: Italy Sardinia
Italian comune.map_caption: Location in Sardinia
Italian comune.region: Sardinia
Italian comune.metropolitan_city: Cagliari (CA)
Italian comune.mayor: Eugenio Murgioni
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 102.3
Italian comune.population_total: 1507
Italian comune.population_as_of: 31 December 2010
Italian comune.population_demonym: Castiadesi
Italian comune.elevation_m: 60
Italian comune.postal_code: 09040
Italian comune.area_code: 070

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In 1875 the largest penal colony in Italy was opened in Castiadas, and remained in use until 1956. The construction of the penal colony was part of a larger initiative to repopulate areas of Sardinia that had been abandoned because of malaria and to transform marshy, unproductive land into farmland. The history of the colony is recounted in Il miracolo dei rei, a documentary film by Alessandra Usai.

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