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.