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Encyclopedia Britannica



CARLOFORTE

This article appears in Volume V05, Page 342 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAR-CAU
CARLOFORTE , a town of
Sardinia
 , in the province of Cagliari, the
capital
  of the small
island
  (6 by 5 m.) of San Pietro (anc. Accipitrum or `IepaKovvi o-or) off the west
coast
  of
Sardinia
 . Pop. (1901) 7693. It lies on the
east
 
coast
  of the
island
 , 6 m. west by sea from Portoscuso, which is 47 M. west by
rail
  from Cagliari. It was founded in 1737 by Charles
Emmanuel
  III. of Savoy, who planted a colony of Genoese, whose dialect and costume still prevail. In 1798 it was attacked by the Tunisians and 933 inhabitants taken away as slaves. They were ransomed after five years and the place fortified. It is now a centre of the tunny
fishery
 , and there are
manganese
  mines also. The coral banks, which were once important, are now exhausted. Three in. to the
south
 -
east
  is the island of S. Antioco.


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