Quartu Sant'Elena

Quartu Sant Elena ( Sardinian: Cuartu Santa aleni ) is a town with 69 443 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Cagliari.

Geography

Quartu Sant Elena lies to the east of Cagliari and is only separated from the salt pans di Stato from the sea ( Golfo dei Angeli ). The site adjoins the Stangio di Molentargius.

In the 1970s Quartu Sant Elena was still physically separated from Cagliari. But already in the 1990s, both cities grew together by the rising population and the growing industry. Other neighboring municipalities are Maracalagonis, Monserrato Quartucciu and Selargius. The municipality also includes the hamlet of Flumini di Quartu.

History

The city's name is derived from the distance to Cagliaria ( Quartum miles, Latin for " four miles ") and by the local transit the mother of the Emperor Constantine, Helena (Italian: Santa Elena ) from ( "Four miles to Santa Elena" ).

The first traces of human existence in Quartu Sant Elena date from the time of the Phoenicians, as the finds of Cepola, Geremeas Is Mortorius and Separassiu show. Roman traces can be found in the vicinity of Villa Sant'Andrea, a cemetery of S. Martino and some grave stones in Simbirizzi.

During the reign of the Kingdom of Aragon Saracen pirates was hit Quartu Sant'Elena of fever, plague, malaria and continuous raids, a decline that the whole of Sardinia detected at that time.

In 1793 landed troops of the French fleet with the intention to subjugate the entire island, on the coast of Quartu. The citizens of the city attacked under the leadership of Antonio Pisanu to the French and defeated the acquisition of land in a bloody battle.

In 1956 were Quartu Sant'Elena by Giovanni Gronchi, the President of the Republic of Italy, was granted town rights.