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Ogliastra is a geographical and cultural region in eastern Sardinia, Italy.


It is also the name of a proposed new province (Regional Law no.9 of 12th july 2001). Its administrative capital will be Lanusei ("Lanuse'") or Tortoli'.



Europe | Italy | Sardinia (Sardegna)
Cagliari | Carbonia-Iglesias * | Medio Campidano* | Nuoro | Ogliastra* | Olbia-Tempio* | Oristano | Sassari
* New province, will become effective in 2005

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Holiday house Ogliastra (316 words)
The town of Santa Maria Navarrese is located in Ogliastra, south of the Emerald Coast, between Dorgali and the port of Arbatax.
Frequently when people speak of Sardinia they use adjectives such as “wild” and “uncontaminated”, which are appropriate for Ogliastra.
Lying outside the usual circuit of mass tourism and in one of the less “invaded” parts of the island, Oglliastra is something a bit out of the ordinary.
AREAS>OGLIASTRA>HISTORICAL OUTLINE (173 words)
Ogliastra was first part of the "giudicato"(principality) of Cagliari, and later belonged to Gallura.
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Ogliastra became a province, its capital in Lanusei.
Ogliastra is also a diocese - it was first part of the Suelli diocese, which was founded in the XI century, then passed under Cagliari.
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