Spargi Island - Italian Smaller Islands

Spargi Island

(Italian: Isola di Spargi)
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Spargi is an island of the archipelago of La Maddalena in Sardinia North-East in the province of Olbia-Tempio.
Geography - The island, with an area of 4.20 km ² is the third extension of the archipelago, has a coastline of 11 km and the point guard in charge, the higher the share of the island reaches 153 meters above sea level .
Of granite, rich in water and vegetation is home to numerous species of birds.
History - In the early decades of a bandit, Christmas Berretta, persecuted by the law, hid on the island managed to escape as the prison, but when he finally proved his innocence was decided to remain with his family raising goats and cows.
In the last century it was used only in the first and second world war and the ruins of several forts are still visible, including the strong Zanotto is certainly the best preserved.
The seabed surrounding the island were recovered several artifacts and the remains of a Roman ship of the second century. BC now exposed to the naval museum of La Maddalena.