Competing with Corsica for the most beautiful beaches in Europe, Sardinia is obviously a very popular destination in summer. And for its nature parks, with their rare species of animals and plants.
Craftsmen, merchants, intellectuals, rabbis, winegrowers… many professions bear witness to the diversity of European Jewish life in the Middle Ages. But they were also soldiers, taking part in the conquest of Sardinia by Peter IV of Aragon in the 14th century. Following this conquest, some of them settled in Alghero and opened a synagogue. However, Sant’Antioco has even older traces of Jewish life, dating back to Roman times!