Sardinia Sardinia Sardinia ( ; ; or ; ; ; ; ) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is located west of the Italian Peninsula and to the immediate south of the French island of Corsica. Sardinia is politically a region of Italy, whose official name is "Regione Autonoma della Sardegna" / "Regione Autònoma de Sardigna" (Autonomous Region of Sardinia), and enjoys some degree of domestic autonomy granted by a specific Statute. It is divided into four provinces and a metropolitan city, with Cagliari being the region's capital and its largest city as
Flag of Sardinia Aragon The four moors already represent the Kingdom of Sardinia but no trace is found in the island. Imperial ideology of Charles V, Habsburg House, A little kingdom within an enormous empire The four moors appear more frequently in prints, paintings, artifacts both in Sardinia and in all publications heraldic vintage. Habsburg House (Spanish branch) Out of the island the artists run wild Savoy House As the title of King of Sardinia was the only one who gave the ruling dynasty the coveted title, the coat of arms is enhanced and developed and overlaid with emblems of the other states