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Sestu
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StateItaly
RegionSardinia
TerritoryCampidano of Cagliari
Altitude44 m a.s.l.
Surface48.29 km²
Inhabitants21.024 (2019)
Name inhabitantsSesthesis
Prefix tel 39 070
POSTAL CODE09028
Time zone UTC 1
PatronSt. George the Martyr (April 23)
Position
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Sestu
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Sestu is a city of Southern Sardinia.

To know

Geographical notes

Sestu is located close to Cagliari and borders with the municipalities of Assemini, Cagliari, Monserrato, Monastir (UP), San Sperate (UP), Selargius, Serdiana (SU) e Seventh St. Peter.

Background

Church of San Giorgio
Church of San Salvatore

The oldest human settlements in the territory of Sestu date back to the third millennium BC. Few traces (domestic pottery) Carthaginian, datable to the third century BC, have been found in the Punic-Roman necropolis of Corso Italia.

In other areas of the city, coins dating back to the period of Caligula and Domitian have also been found, a Roman funerary stone, a buckle and the Roman milestone on which the name of the site is explained. The name of the city dates back to Roman times and originates from the position it had along the route of the road that led from Cagliari to Porto Torres: Sexto ab urbe lapide, i.e. near the sixth milestone, found in the town with the inscription: Ad sextum lapidem.

In the Middle Ages Sestu belonged to the Giudicato of Cagliari and was included in the Curatoria del Campidano. After the fall of the Giudicato (1257) the village was included in the overseas possessions of the Municipality of Pisa.

Later it passed to the Aragonese who in 1324 gave it to Berengario Carroz. In 1363 the County of Quirra was created and the villa of Sestu became part of the Barony of San Michele, always in fief of the Carroz family.

In 1363, together with other villas, it became part of the county of Quirra. In 1603 the county was transformed into a marquisate, and from the Carroz family it passed to the Centelles; always included in the marquisate, it was then part of the barony of San Michele. Subsequently the lordship passed to the Osorio de la Cueva, who held it until the abolition of feudalism (1839) when it was redeemed by the last feudal lord Filippo Osorio. With the redemption from feudalism Sestu became a free municipality in 1840, administered by a mayor and a municipal council.

Today Sestu is a town that has about 20,000 inhabitants. It occupies a strategic position in a rapidly evolving territorial context. A center of strong attraction and growing socio-economic development, thanks to the construction of new residential, industrial and commercial settlements, it is constantly expanding, without neglecting the search for the right combination of modernization and tradition.

How to orient yourself

Fractions

  • Cortexandra
  • San Gemiliano
  • Moriscau
  • More Corraxe
  • Sa Cantonera
  • Magangiosa


How to get

By plane

  • 1 Cagliari-Elmas Airport (IATA: CAG) (Located in Elmas, 8 km from Sestu), ☎ 39 070 211 211, fax: 39 070 241 013. L'Cagliari-Elmas airport is served by Ryanair with Milan-Bergamo, Treviso, Cuneo, Bologna, Pisa, Rome-Ciampino and some European cities, from Alitalia with Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Linate, from Easyjet, Volotea and other airlines that operate national flights and with Europe. Cagliari-Elmas Airport on Wikipedia Cagliari-Elmas Airport (Q139983) on Wikidata 

By car

Take the SS 131 Carlo Felice and exit at Sestu.

On boat

From the port of Cagliari.

By bus

From Cagliari with the ARST 110 extra-urban line and with the ARST 109 extra-urban line or from the subway terminus of the polyclinic of Monserrato with the line 117 shuttle Sestu.

How to get around


What see

Church of Sant'Antonio
Church of San Gemiliano

Churches

  • 1 Parish Church of San Giorgio. 
  • 2 Parish Church of Our Lady of Grace. 
  • 3 Church of San Salvatore. 
  • 4 Church of Sant'Antonio. 
  • 5 Church of San Gemiliano. Country church. Church of San Gemiliano (Sestu) on Wikipedia church of San Gemiliano (Q55832681) on Wikidata 


Events and parties

  • St. George. Simple icon time.svgApril 23. 
  • Sant'Isidoro. Simple icon time.svgIn May. 
  • San Gemiliano. Simple icon time.svgThe festival is at the end of May; beginning of September the party. 
  • Sardinian song festival. Simple icon time.svgIn mid-June. 


What to do


Shopping

  • 1 The Corte del Sole, Ex SS 131, Km 10,800, More Corraxe locality, ☎ 39 070 2299050, 39 070 2298178, fax: 39 070 2298697, @. Simple icon time.svgShopping Center: Mon-Sun 10: 00-21: 00; IperPan and Hardis supermarkets: Mon-Sun 9: 30-21: 00. Shopping center. There are several shops, several dining options, IperPan and Hardis supermarkets and a cinema. 


How to have fun

Shows

  • 1 The Space Cinema, Ex SS 131, Km 10,800, More Corraxe locality c / o La Corte del Sole shopping center. Simple icon time.svgMon-Fri 16: 30-1: 00; Sat 16: 45-1: 00; Sun 10: 45-1: 00. Multiplex cinema with 12 screens. 

Night clubs


Where to eat

Moderate prices

Average prices


Where stay

Moderate prices

Average prices


Safety

Useful numbers

  • 2 Carabinieri, Via Gorizia 102, ☎ 39 070 260122. 
  • 3 Emergency medical Service, Dante Street, ☎ 39 070 260378. 


How to keep in touch

Post office

  • 4 Post Office, Via Imperatore Costantino 11, ☎ 39 070 2362331, fax: 39 070 237040. Simple icon time.svgMon-Fri 8: 20-19: 05; Sat 8: 20-12: 35. 



Around

  • 5 Cagliari
  • 6 San Sperate (take the SS 131 and exit at Monastir (towards Sassari).). Village-museum 20 km from Cagliari famous for its murals. 


Other projects

  • Collaborate on WikipediaWikipedia contains an entry concerning Sestu
  • Collaborate on CommonsCommons contains images or other files on Sestu
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