Fertilia

Fertilia [fer-tì-lia] is a frazione (hamlet) in the municipality of Alghero in the province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy that was built in the 1930s. Due to a development program made by the Fascist regime, people from the Province of Ferrara were brought into the settlement, which has resulted in a sizeable community in the hamlet speaking the Ferrarese dialect. Fertilia lies between Fertilia Airport and the city of Alghero.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Fertilia
Settlement.settlement_type: Frazione of Alghero
Settlement.image_skyline: Alghero - Fertilia (01).jpg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Italy
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Sardinia
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Municipality of Alghero
Settlement.subdivision_type3: City
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Alghero
Settlement.established_date: 1933
Settlement.elevation_footnotes: 10
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_total: 966
Settlement.website: http://www.comune.alghero.ss.it/

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History
Monuments and places of interest
Religious architecture
San Marco
Roman bridge
Gallery
References
Bibliography

==History== The transformation of the Nurra marshland began in the late 19th century with the reclamation of the Calich coastal lagoon, thanks to the work of inmates from the nearby Alghero prison and the Cuguttu penal colony. The work continued in 1927 with the construction of the Calik Village designed by Pier Luigi Carloni.

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