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== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
The Kingdom of Sardinia covered approximately 75,000 km², encompassing the island of Sardinia, Piedmont, and Savoy, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, France, and other Italian states.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Making of Modern Italy, 1770–1870 |author=Denis Mack Smith |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=1988 |isbn=9780333438084}}</ref> Its Mediterranean climate supported agriculture, vital for Catholic communities in rural Sardinia. Key cities included [[Cagliari]], [[Turin]], and [[Sassari]], with Cagliari’s [[Basilica of Our Lady of Bonaria]] as a major religious site. The kingdom’s geography facilitated pilgrimage routes, such as those to [[Bonaria]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Catholic Encyclopedia: Sardinia |author=New Advent |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |year=1913 |isbn=}}</ref> | The Kingdom of Sardinia covered approximately 75,000 km², encompassing the island of Sardinia, Piedmont, and Savoy, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, [[France]], and other Italian states.<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Making of Modern Italy, 1770–1870 |author=Denis Mack Smith |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=1988 |isbn=9780333438084}}</ref> Its Mediterranean climate supported agriculture, vital for Catholic communities in rural Sardinia. Key cities included [[Cagliari]], [[Turin]], and [[Sassari]], with Cagliari’s [[Basilica of Our Lady of Bonaria]] as a major religious site. The kingdom’s geography facilitated pilgrimage routes, such as those to [[Bonaria]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Catholic Encyclopedia: Sardinia |author=New Advent |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |year=1913 |isbn=}}</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||