Arborea is a town and comune in the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, whose economy is largely based on agriculture and cattle breeding with production of vegetables, rice, fruit and milk (notably the local milk product Arborea).
History
Arborea was built by the fascist government of Italy in the 1920s, after the draining of the marshes which covered the area. The village was populated by families, mostly composed of
peasants, who came from the regions of
Veneto and
Friuli in
Northern Italy.
Name
Arborea is named after, and lies within, the medieval Giudicato of Arborea, which had its capital, at various periods, in nearby
Tharros and
Oristano. The town was originally named
Villaggio Mussolini (with which it was inaugurated on 29 October 1928) by the fascist government in honor of the Italian fascist dictator
Benito Mussolini. Less than two years later, the name was revised to
Mussolinia di Sardegna ("
Mussolinia of Sardinia", to distinguish the town from
Mussolinia di Sicilia, now
Santo Pietro in the commune of
Caltagirone, Province of Catania).
[voce "Arborea" da F.C. Casula, Dizionario Storico Sardo, Carlo Delfino Editore, 2001, Sassari] The current name was adopted after World War II.
Twin towns
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