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The History of Capo Carbonara
The little town of Carbonara, named Villasimius
since 1862, due its name to the intensive coal exploitation
once practised throughout this land. Centuries after centuries,
its coast has been a strategic point for the medieval control
of sea traffics.
Numberless sighting towers, which sometimes
have arisen from ancient nuraghe, bear witness of pirates
presence as well.
 Coast Towers
Tower of San Luigi on Serpentara, tower of Poro Giunco
on Isola dei Cavoli, Capo Boi and Fortezza Vecchia
are the ruins of a sighting system defending the
entire Gulf of Cagliari.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL
Numerous wrecks belonging to different periods have lied on
the seabed of Villasimius for centuries.
The most ancient piece
is a Roman ship, dated 250 a. C. containing amphora and ceramics.
Other important archaeological finds are a Spanish galleon
and a laden with medieval crockery. Archaeological
Museum of Villasimius is the fundamental
point for those studying evidences of the past in detail.
Under the sea there still is a late wreck:
it is steamship Egle, sunk in 1943.
CHRONOLOGY
A chronology of the historical and pre-historical
epochs related to Sardinia and offering finds in the territory
and seabeds of Villasimius.
Prehistory
Till 1100 B.C. –Palaeolithic Period
10000-6000 B.C. –Mesolithic Period
6000-1800 B.C. –Neolithic and Eneolithic Periods
1800–1600 –The Ancient Bronze Age; Culture
of Bonnannaro
1600–900 A.C. –The Middle and Late Bronze Age
and Nuragich civilisation
900-535 A.C. –The Iron age; Phoenicians in Sardinia
History:
535-238 B.C. - Carthaginian Settlement
238 B.C.- 455 A.C. – Roman conquest
455- 534 A.C. – Vandal settlement
534- 880 A.C. - Byzantine domination
880- 1409 - Division of Sardinia into four self-governing kingdoms
called Giudicati (1100-1300: Pisan and Genovese people
in Sardinia)
1409-1479 Catalan- Aragonese occupation
1479-1714 Spanish Dominion
1714-1718 Austrian Government
1718-1861 Kingdom of Sardinia
1861-1946 Sardinia is part of Kingdom of Italy
dal 1946 Sardegna is part of Italian State.
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