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City Walls and Porta Leone, Carloforte

City Walls and Porta Leone, Carloforte

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City Walls and Porta Leone, Carloforte

Name: City Walls and Porta Leone, Carloforte
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Location: U Pàize/Carloforte, Sud Sardegna, Sardinia, Italy

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1. San Vittorio Tower – Carloforte loop from Pàize/Carloforte

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2. Arch of Via Solferino – Forte Santa Teresa loop from Pàize/Carloforte

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3. Carloforte – Arch of Via Solferino loop from Pàize/Carloforte

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Peter

March 2, 2025

Carloforte (Ligurian: U Pàize) is an Italian municipality in the province of Sulcis Iglesiente in the Autonomous Region of Sardinia. It essentially comprises the island of San Pietro about 10 km off the southwest coast of Sardinia and some other insignificant islets of the Sulcis archipelago. The small town with 5983 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2022) is the only settlement on the island of San Pietro.

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Peter

March 2, 2025

The language of the Tabarchians essentially corresponds to the Ligurian language of the 15th century. Through personal and trade connections - both from Tunisia and from the island of San Pietro - it has developed just as much as the actual Ligurian and Genoese languages. Due to its geographical location, the port of Carloforte was of considerable importance in shipping and as a transshipment point for medium tonnage until the beginning of the 19th century. Carlofortine Ligurian preserves some nouns and rare grammatical forms that only occur in the outdated Genoese. It does not contain any Gallicisms that Genoese has adopted in recent centuries; for example, the accent (còccina) is typical of Pegli and not of pure Genoese. Only a few nouns from Sardinian, Arabic and Tuscan can be identified as external influences. More than 80 percent of the population still speak this dialect in everyday life today. The architecture, culture, customs and traditions of Carloforte still correspond to those of Liguria. Because of its historical, economic and cultural ties with the Ligurian capital, and in particular with Pegli, Carloforte was recognized as an honorary municipality of the province of Genoa on 10 November 2004. In 2006, the neighboring municipality of Calasetta received the same honor. Carloforte celebrates twin festivities with Pegli every year.

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Peter

March 2, 2025

In 1542, the inhabitants of Pegli and the neighbouring communities left their home on the Ligurian coast in the wake of the Lomellini, a powerful trading family from Pegli and Genoa, and settled on the island of Tabarca off the coast of Tunisia, where they dived for coral until 1735. When coral mining and thus the tribute to the Lomellini continued to decline and was no longer profitable for all sides, and the conflicts with the Muslims intensified, King Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy, on the initiative of the Piedmontese architect Augusto de la Vallée, made the offer to settle the still uninhabited island of San Pietro. A part of the Tabarchini under the leadership of Agostino Tagliafico accepted the offer and settled on the island off Sardinia in 1738. In honour of the king, they named the new place Carloforte ("Charles the Strong"). Over time, other emigrant families arrived directly from Liguria and helped to strengthen the small, emerging community.
In 1798, Carloforte was attacked by pirates and around 900 inhabitants were captured and held as slaves in Tunis; one of them became the mother of Bey Ahmad I al-Husain. After five years, they were finally able to be ransomed. The parts of the old city wall and the fortress that are still preserved today are evidence of this barbarian invasion.

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Location: U Pàize/Carloforte, Sud Sardegna, Sardinia, Italy

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City Walls and Porta Leone, Carloforte

1. San Vittorio Tower – Carloforte loop from Pàize/Carloforte

2. Arch of Via Solferino – Forte Santa Teresa loop from Pàize/Carloforte

3. Carloforte – Arch of Via Solferino loop from Pàize/Carloforte

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