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Cala Sapone, Sant’Antioco, Sardinia, Italy getty The Italian Island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea includes Sant’Antioco, a southern sub-island attached via a constructed isthmus. This isle is 42 square miles (109 square kilometers) in area, about twice the size of New York’s Manhattan Island or the same size as the city of Florence. The population is about 11,000—half of one percent of that of Manhattan and 3% of that in Florence. Sant’Antioco is Italy’s fourth largest island (after Sardinia, Sicily and Elba) and is generally unvarnished, uncrowded, tranquil and embedded with layers of maritime history, crisscrossing cultural influences, nuanced cuisine and darkly rich wines made from the Carignan grape. The island’s main city is also named Sant’Antioco. It was founded as a port by Phoenicians between 780 and 770 BCE, who named it Sulcis, or Sulky. They constructed main roads straight up hillsides and side roads parallel to the sea. Emperor Hadrian of Rome exiled a Mauritanian African doctor named Antiochus to this island—irked by his treason of spreading Christianity. This banished teacher and preacher died on Sant’Antioco in 127 A.D. but was eventually canonized as a saint (and provided the island a new name). The city’s wide waterfront promenade, the lungomare, includes segments named Cristoforo Colombo and Caduti Nassiriya. While walking there during a somnolent weekday morning I saw more chatting retirees and fishermen there than joggers. Seagulls cruise over fishing boats, and there are delicious water front views of distant mainland mountains. The city is mildly inclined. From this promenade I walked inland and uphill toward the archaeological museum, curious to learn how Phoenicians, Punics, Roman, Vandals, Byzantines and medieval kingdoms once ruled this isle. Seagulls off the coast of Sant’Antioco, Sardinia, Italy getty I passed buildings painted orange, pink, yellow and tangerine as well as a…

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