The birth of Fertilia is framed in the ambitious measure taken to improve the Nurra plain started at the end of the XIX century on the Calich pond. The work was conducted by the inmates of Cuguttu penal colony, near Alghero.

This project grew stronger with the Fascist Regime politics, very active in developing several areas of the peninsula.

The intervention starts with the constitution of the ‘Ente Ferrarese di Colonizzazione’ (Colonisation Authority of Ferrara), who acquires the Nurra district and its 6.452 hectares. Continue reading Fertilia →