History of Sardinia strongholds on strategic points in the south and west of Sardinia, often peninsulas or islands near estuaries, easy to defend and natural harbours, such as Tharros, Bithia, Sulci, Nora and Caralis (Cagliari). The majority of the inhabitants in these cities were of indigenous nuragic stock while the Phoenician element was, although culturally predominant, in minority. The Phoenicians came originally from what is now Lebanon and founded a vast trading network in the Mediterranean. Sardinia had a special position because it was central in the Western Mediterranean between Carthage, Spain, the river Rhône and the Etruscan civilization area. The mining area
Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia The Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia (, also called "Parlamento Subalpino") was the bicameral parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia. It was established in 1848 by the Albertine Statute and was dissolved in 1861, to be succeeded by the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy. It is thus the ultimate ancestor of the modern Parliament of Italy. There were two chambers: Joint sessions of the Parliament, for solemn occasions like the "speech from the crown" ("discorso della corona"), were held at the Palazzo Carignano, for space reasons. The two chambers were theoretically equal