LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Sardinia
built 605 days ago
Under the blessed blue skies of Sardinia, La Coluccia is an arena for building Mediterranean memories. This hotel has planted a new kind of glamour on the island, taken from the worlds of fashion and design, blended with art and architecture. In 45 rooms, subtly enchanting with gentle natural tones and flowing forms, La Coluccia offers a place to capture moments of peace, and rediscover the simple pleasures of sea, air and time in an exclusive atmosphere of beauty. The hotel's sleek, innovative interior, incorporating polished cement, soft leathers and rich dark woods, is a warm and inviting retreat, while its bold, wave-crested facade communicates a dynamic energy. Rest at the side of La Coluccia's perfect pool or wander along a pathway to the sea's edge, and savour the views of the nearby Maddalena archipelago. Smart, stylish but distinctly casual, La Coluccia gives you back a piece of yourself.
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The most spoken language in Sardinia is, undoubtedly, Italian, but Sardinian is widely spoken too. Sardinian is a Romance language of Latin origin, but with an obscure Pre-Roman element, including Phoenician, Etruscan, and Near Eastern languages. While it has been significantly supplanted by Italian for official purposes, Sardinian is still widely spoken in most rural parts and, stemming from a long history of oral tradition, is used culturally for folk songs and poetry. As a literary language, it is gaining clout, despite heated debate about the lack of standard orthography and controversial proposed solutions to this problem. Recently, the regional administration has approved the use of Limba Sarda Comuna [1] in official documents.
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Sardinia has four main passenger airports, Caliari, Olbia (OLB), Alghero (AHO) and Tortoli (TTB). Cheap flights to Sardinia are available on many airlines from London Gatwick (LGW), Heathrow (LHR) and Manchester (MAN).
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Sardinia, today, has nearly one million 700 thousand inhabitants. Distributed over an area of 24 thousand square kilometres, it has a population density of 70 inhabitants per square kilometre, nearly a third of the Italian one. Nuoro is the least populated area with a density of 40 inhabitants per square kilometre.
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In Sardinia, the Copper Age is almost coterminous with the third millennium BCE. It is characterized by a proliferation of "cultures" that are essentially regional variations of sub- and post-Ozieri, transitional to the Bronze Age nuragic culture. One of these pre-nuragic cultures, Abealzu-Filigosa, is known from only a few sites, mainly in the northern and central portions of the island. Large stone architecture now develops into the first defensive structures, at S. Giuseppe and Juanne Buldu-Padria and Sa Corona-Villagreca; this architectural development suggests the further evolution of society and economy wrought by the still nascent metal industry and increasing population. Roughly contemporaneous with Abealzu-Filigosa is Monte Claro, which is the predominant culture of the south; about 80% of the known Monte Claro sites are located from the Gulf of Oristano southward. At some sites, both cultures are attested in the same stratigraphical layers, and a vessel found in Murroccu Cave-Urzulei combines the two, resembling in form Abealzu-Filigosa vessels, while its workmanship and decorative scoring are Monte Claro.
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Cosmopolitan and cultured, Sardinia's capital of Cagliari's several museums house the island's most precious artifacts. Inland, Iglesias was the centre of Sardinia's rich mining industry, which began in prehistory with the discovery of obsidian. Spanish influence is audible in northern Alghero, where Catalan is still spoken. Sassari is home to Sardinia's first university, and acts as the island's main librarian and bookkeeper, preserving many rare manuscripts. In 1961, the Aga Khan purchased a strip of Sardinia's pristine, unlimited beaches at Porto Cervo and created the Costa Smeralda, one of the world's toniest resorts.
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