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A trip to a special island Insegnanti: Di Mascio Alessandra, Mancini Lucia, Maria Pia Lombardi Sardina is the second largest ISLAND in the Mediterranean sea A Task for you LOOK at the European map below and FIND the biggest ISLAND ? What’s its name? The COASTS of Sardinia are generally rocky and high. But there are also sandy and flat coasts in the south of the island. A task for you Point to the sandy and flat coast. There aren’t high MOUNTAINS. The most important massif is GENNARGENTU (about 1.834 m s.l.m.) The principal PLAINS are Campidano and La Nurra in the north-west of the island Sardinia hasn’t got big RIVERS. The most important are: Tirso, Flumendosa and Coghinas. There are lots of ARTIFICIAL LAKES. Lots of smaller islands surround Sardinia: Asinara, Caprera, La Maddalena, San Pietro and Sant’Antioco. A task for you Match A 1 RIVER B 2 LAKE C 3 MOUNTAIN 4 PLAIN 5 COAST D E There are three NATIONAL PARKS: 1. Asinara National Park; 2. Archipelago of La Maddalena's National Park; 3. Gennargentu National Park A TASK FOR YOU: In a park …Don’t do it!! What number? 1. Light a fire 2. Watch birds and animals 3. Harm plants and flowers 4. Walk along paths 5. Leave rubbish The CLIMATE is typically Mediterranean. The weather is sunny. (300 days a year are clear) A few days are rainy A TASK FOR YOU What’s the weather like? 1 It’s rainy 2 It’s cloudy 3 It’s foggy 4 It’s sunny 5 It’s snowy 6 It’s windy 7 It’s cold 8 It’s hot A B D C E F H G Sardinia is one of the five italian AUTONOMOUS REGIONS, along with Valle d'Aosta, Trentino Alto Adige, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Sicily. Sardinia has got a special Statute of autonomy Curiosities: In Alghero they speak old Catalan which is a special spanish language. There are traces of ancient dominations from the past: Sardi, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Arabs and Spanish. The phoenician town of Tharros A nuragic site TOWNS The most important town is CAGLIARI. Provinces are: Cagliari Carbonia-Iglesias Medio Campidano Ogliastra, Olbia-Tempio Pausania Nuoro Oristano Sassari ECONOMY The primary sector is very important: goats and sheep rearing (good production of cheese). Agricolture brings: vegetables, olive trees… sardinan wines are very good and famous. Sardinia is famous for corks Still important is the MINING INDUSTRIES (coal, lead, zinc, gold. Other industrial activities are food, mechanical and chemical. Craft industry includes rugs, jewellery, textile, lacework , basket making, and coral. But…the most important industry is TOURISM. CULTURE On January 17TH , in the town of Mamoiada you can see the MAMUTHONES: a traditional carnival costume.