Carbonia, Sardinia
Carbonia is a town in Sardinia with 28 684 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012). Besides Iglesias Carbonia since 2005 provincial capital of the Province of Carbonia -Iglesias.
City Carbonia
The city of Carbonia Carbonia is beside still from 10 surrounding communities. Bacu Abis (2000 inhabitants), Barbusi, Corongiu, Cortoghiana (2700 inhabitants), Flumentepido, Genna Corriga, Is Gannaus, Medau Desogus (150 inhabitants), Serbariu and Sirri. Bacu Abis and Cortoghiana have been as Carbonia also planned on the drawing board.
Geography
Carbonia is located in the historical region Sulcis and forms their urban center. The approximately 70 km west of Cagliari Located landscape was once swampy and was drained in the early 20th century.
History
Carbonia was on November 5, 1937 by King Victor Emmanuel III. founded and inaugurated on December 18, 1938 in the presence of Benito Mussolini. The city was founded to give the workers of the nearby coal mines an abode (hence the name). These were constructed in 1936-1947 and gave in this time up to 18,000 people work.
Thus, the city had only two years after its founding 29,000 inhabitants ( third place in Sardinia Cagliari and Sassari). After the coal storage Istria had gone to Yugoslavia, won the Sardinian coal bearing new meaning.
Therefore, in 1949 more than 60,000 people held up in Carbonia. Over time, the Sardinian coal lost its importance. By 1971 almost all the mines closed, so the population dropped to 30,000 people.
To arrest the decline Carbonias, were in the 1970s and built on other industrial complexes.
More recently, Carbonia flourished as a service center and since 2005 as the seat of provincial administration (together with Iglesias) of the newly established province of Carbonia -Iglesias.
Traffic
Carbonia has two railway stations, at which the web Cagliari - Villamassargia Carbonia - ends. Longer time here only freight traffic was handled, for some years there is again a regional rail link. The railway lines to Iglesias and Calasetta were abandoned in the 1970s, the tracks mostly dismantled later. Carbonia has next times (South Tyrol ) over the last unused turning star in Italy.
Attractions
- Large mine of Serbariu: The towers of mine form one of the city flag. One of the underground tunnels can be visited.
- Monte Sirai: On the small square in the north - west of the city Berg archaeological sites are a Phoenician necropolis. In addition, support various Domus de Janas.
- Piazza Roma: The square in the city presents itself in typical fascist- factual style. On the square are the town hall and the parish church of St. Pontian in the Romanesque Revival style, the Municipal Theater, the leisure club ( Dopolavoro ) and the City Tower ( formerly Liktorenturm ). In the nearby is the monument of the miner.
- Museum of the coal.
Twinning
Carbonia maintains since 2002 twinned with Oberhausen and another of Behren- lès -Forbach.