Arzachena

Arzachena Alzachèna (Gallurese) Altzaghèna (Sardinian)
Comune
Comune di Arzachena
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Arzachena
Arzachena Location of Arzachena in Sardinia Show map of Italy Arzachena Arzachena (Sardinia) Show map of Sardinia
Coordinates: 41°05′N 09°23′E / 41.083°N 9.383°E / 41.083; 9.383
Country	Italy
Region	Sardinia
Province	Sassari (SS)
Frazioni	Abbiadori, Baja Sardinia, Cannigione, Porto Cervo, Cala di Volpe, Padula d'Izzana, Braniatogghiu, Cala Bitta, Cala del Faro, Capriccioli, Sarra Balestra, Calacrano, Cuncosu, Farina, Pulicinu, Golfo Pevero, Isuledda, Pitrizza, La Conia, Liscia di Vacca, Monticanaglia, Mucchi Bianchi, Lu Mulinu, Pantogia, La Caldosa, Capo Ferro, Poltu Quatu, Romazzino, Santa Teresina, Surrau, Tanca Manna
Government
• Mayor	Roberto Ragnedda
Area
• Total	230.85 km2 (89.13 sq mi)
Elevation	85 m (279 ft)
Population  (31 March 2022)[1]
• Total	13,328
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Demonym	Arzachenesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	07021
Dialing code	0789
Patron saint	Santa Maria della Neve
Saint day	3rd Sunday in September
Website	Official website

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Arzachena (Italian pronunciation: [artsaˈkɛːna]; Gallurese: Alzachèna; Sardinian: Altzaghèna) is a town and comune in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia, the second largest island off the coast of Italy. Arzachena lies halfway between the original Costa Smeralda resort and Porto Rafael, both founded in the late 1950s. After Olbia and Tempio Pausania, it is the third largest commune in Gallura by inhabitants.

The frazione of Porto Cervo is the main resort area of Costa Smeralda for summer tourism, which since the 1960s has replaced agriculture as the main local source of economic activity. Nearby there are numerous archaeological sites from the Nuragic period, including those from a local sub-culture known as Arzachena culture (the necropolis of Li Muri and others).

Located in an area once inhabited by the Arzachena culture, the region was known by the Romans as Turibulum, after a mushroom-shaped rock which is today the symbol of the town.

The oldest recorded use of the modern name is in a 1421 document, when king Alfonso IV of Aragon gave it (under the spelling Arsaghene) as a fief to Ramboldo de Cobaria. In the late 16th century, it was mostly depopulated, and the current town was re-established in 1716 on a hill by King Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy.

In 1909 the new village had 853 inhabitants, a population which grew substantially after the tourist boom associated with Costa Smeralda, which had originally been a small stretch of coast in the commune of Arzachena.

• Abbiadori
• Baja Sardinia
• Cala di Volpe
• Cannigione
• Poltu Quatu
• Porto Cervo
• La Conia
• Liscia di Vacca
• Santa Teresina
• Monti Canaglia
• Padula d'Izzana
• Giunnicheddu

• Capo Ferro Lighthouse

• Porto-Vecchio, France
• Ibiza, Spain
• Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

• Official website Archived 2019-06-16 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)

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