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the History of Posada

The history of Posada:

  • The origin of the name of POSADA derives from Pausada or more specifically Pasada, that in dialect means rested, place of rest, repose.
In effect, the old POSADA arose because of an important road linking the sea and the hinterland, with the roads that connected Terranoa (Olbia) to Cagliari. Subsequently, due to the fertile earth, wayfarers and shepherds usually stopped to rest, to water the horses or to winter the livestock, besides it was a port area and therefore afforded connection with the continent. During the pisana domination, under the influence of the Tuscan language, it became Pasata, later, towards 1300 it finally became POSADA thanks to the Spanish conquest of the Arogonesis. It was the Etruschis who founded, where Posada now stands, FERONIA, so called after the divine guardian of the Toschis, the goddess Feronia; from this period we have preserved a bronze figurine that originates from POSADA that represents the type of italic Eracle from the end of the IV sec. A. C. It is displayed in the museum of Cagliari. In the Middle Ages, thanks to it's landscape (mountains to west, sea to the east and a valley in the centre), it was chosen as the site for a hospital run by the Monks of S.Vittore, of the Dogana del sale, a Royal Cure, and afforded a strategic position from the nearby Molo or Rocco and so was erected the Castle Of the FAVA, built in the XII century. that still dominates the valley, the mountains and the sea.

lthe legend:

  • The Castle of FAVA (green bean) takes the name from a legend that tells of when the Saracens disembarked at Posada to conquer and steal the treasures of the Judge (Custodian), they found the whole population hidden in the Mures and in the Tower. The Saracens, because the Moors were tall and strong, laid siege, camped on the beach waiting for the Sardinians to die of hunger and thirst. The Custodian of the Castle (Judge) gave the last green bean to a dove to strengthen it and take a message to bring the nearby legions for rescue; as this was predicted, the dove was captured. and when they found the green bean in its stomach, the Moors thought the Sardinians, since they could afford to feed a dove, they would be able to withstand a long siege, whilst they was decimated with malaria. So they left the country, which was saved thanks to the last remaining green bean. In the XIV, the Wall was built to defend the village, and then subsequently the Towers and the Doors. The inhabitants were protected inside the borders of the Walls against the innumerable wars, some being those amongst Arboreal and Aragon and the raids of the Saracens. In 1388 the Church Of SANT'ANTONIO Abate was built, the Parish for the people, acting also as the court Chapel and Cemetery, in fact near the church, next to the staircase to climb to the Castle of the Fava,you can still see in the rocks ,human bones, since that whole area had been a cemetery. It was reclaimed on several occasions over different periods; today it is an agricultural zone, with citrus and olive-groves and the natural cattle breeding. It has become a tourist destination after the improvement of the roads, the construction of hotels, of the airport, the widening of the port of Olbia and that of La Caletta that falls between Posada and Siniscola. Currently many historical monuments are being restructured to once again show its previous splendour, La Casa delle Dame etc.., the same castle that has been reconstructed previously and the Church of Sant'Antonio Abate that it is a national monument. ( continued )

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