Arzachena

Located in an area once inhabited by the Arzachena culture, the region was known by the Romans as Turibulum, after a mushroom-shaped rock which is today the symbol of the town. The oldest recorded use of the modern name is in a 1421 document, when king Alfonso IV of Aragon gave it (under the spelling Arsaghene) as a fief to Ramboldo de Cobaria. In the late 16th century, it was mostly depopulated, and the current town was re-established in 1716 on a hill by King Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy. In 1909 the new village had 853 inhabitants, a population which grew substantially after the tourist boom associated with Costa Smeralda, which had originally been a small stretch of coast in the commune of Arzachena. ==Frazioni==

• Abbiadori • Baja Sardinia • Cala di Volpe • Cannigione • Poltu Quatu • Porto Cervo • La Conia • Liscia di Vacca • Santa Teresina • Monti Canaglia • Padula d'Izzana • Giunnicheddu == Demographics ==

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Twin towns • Porto-Vecchio, France • Ibiza, Spain • Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt ==See also==