Arborea is a town and ''

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'' in the

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, 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

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, who came from the regions of

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and

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in north-eastern Italy.

Name

Arborea is named for and lies within the medieval Giudicato of Arborea, which had its capital, at various periods, in nearby

Tharros Tharros (also spelled Tharras, Archaic Greek: , Hellenistic Greek, Tarras or Tarrae, Τάρραι) was an ancient city and former bishopric on the west coast of Sardinia, Italy. It is currently a Latin Catholic titular see and an archaeologica ...

and

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. The town was originally named ''Villaggio Mussolini'' (with which it was inaugurated on October 29, 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

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Twin towns

* Mortegliano,

* Sermoneta,

* Zevio,

* Villorba,

References

External links

History of Arborea and Mussolinia
Planned cities Italian fascist architecture Populated places established in 1928 Planned cities in Italy 1930 establishments in Italy States and territories established in 1930 {{Sardinia-geo-stub