Quartu Sant'Elena Bed and Breakfast Directory - B&B's in Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy

	About Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy......
	Elicriso B&B We are in Capitana, in the road that from Cagliari goes to Villasimius, at 600 mt. far from the sea. Travelling the scenic road that goes in the south east cost, you'll find many bays and beaches, with colours and smells that only Sardinia can offer. Our house is a semi-detached with veranda and garden. It's developped in 3 floors: in the ground floor you'll found a living room with a fireplace (where you'll have at disposal the hi- fi) and a double room with bathroom; in the first floor a double room adaptable like triple and quadruple with bathroom inside and with balcony with view in the garden and a double room with bathroom inside and a private terrace; a rustic basement where we live. All the rooms have hot/cold air conditioned.

About Quartu Sant'Elena, Italy (courtesy of Wikipedia)

Quartu Sant'Elena is a city in the Province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It is the third biggest city of Sardinia with a population of 68,040 and an area of 96.28 km².

The city's name name comes from its distance to Cagliari (Quartum miles, Latin for “four miles”), and from the passage there of St. Helena, mother of emperor Constantine.

The first traces of human presence in Quartu are from the Phoenician period, as attested by findingsin Cepola, Geremeas, Is Mortorius and Separassiu localities. Roman findings were found near Sant’Andrea villa, a graveyard at S. Martino and a few tombs at Simbirizzi.

In the fourth century AD Sardinia was divided into four Giudicati: Quartu, which included fourteen villas, belonged to the Giudicato of Cagliari. In 1066 Quartu was given to Cagliari’s archbishop and then went back to Judge Torgotorio II of Cagliari. During the Aragonese rule, Quartu suffered for famines, plague, malaria and continuous raids from Saracen pirates, following the general path of decay of the whole Sardinia.

In 1793 the soldiers of a French fleet landed on the coast of Quartu, with the intention of conquering the whole island; the people of the city, led by Antonio Pisanu, assailed the French and repelled them after a bloody battle.

Feudalism ended in 1836 under the baron Pes di Villamarina. In 1956 Quartu Sant’Elena was upgraded to the status of “city” by the President of Republic Giovanni Gronchi.

From an artistic point of view, there are five interesting churches situated in the city. The most important are the churches of Sant'Elena Imperatrice (dating before 1589, but now in Neo-Classic lines), Santa Maria Cepola (before 1089) and 'Sant'Agata. There is also Sa dom’e farra (house museum). It is a large peasant house of the 1600s, where you can see various rooms, objects and tools used by the peasant society.

The are numerous nuraghi in the neighbourhood.

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