Sant'antioco is the island's name and a small town located in the South-Western part of Sardinia in the province of Carbonia-Iglesias. The population of the town is about 12 thousand people, making it the largest in Sant'antioco.

The island of Sant'antioco area of 109 sq km and is the fourth largest in Italy after Sicily, Sardinia and Elba. It is located 87 km from Cagliari, which connects highway SS126 and modern bridge. On the island two municipalities – San'antioco and Calasetta. Among other smaller settlements can be called a tourist resort in the entire property and Consorcio.

The island was inhabited as early as the 5th Millennium BC, it was inhabited by the representatives of culture Ozieri, which were mainly engaged in fishing and agriculture. From those times have survived a characteristic stone of the tomb "Domus de the coveted Jonas", menhirs and, of course, Nuraghe su Niu de su Crobu, which can be translated as "crow's nest".

The town of Sant'antioco was founded in the 8th century BC by the Phoenicians, then he was called Solki. From a preserved baby necropolis. Later, in the 6th century BC, it became a colony of the Carthaginians, from whom also left the necropolis. At the end of the 2nd century BC the city was captured by the Romans, who connected it with the main island by an artificial isthmus. In those years it was called Plumeria.

The current name of the island and the city derive from the name of St. Antiochus, a preacher of Christianity, which adopted here martyred in 125 year. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire Sant'antioco became a fortified post of the Byzantines. Then, starting with the 8th century, he was regularly subjected to attacks of the Saracens, which forced the residents to leave this place and move inland. The new settlement was founded only in the middle of the 10th century judicata Cagliari (type hereditary fief), however, was soon abandoned. From the 14th century, the island was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, later, in 1503, he was acquired by the Archdiocese of Cagliari, and, finally, in 1758, became the property of the religious order of the saints Maurizio and Lazzaro. At that time, there lived about 450 people.

Today Sant'antioco is popular among the inhabitants of Cagliari, the place of rest, which is often crowded on weekends. Tourists also stop here to explore the ancient monuments of the early Christian Basilica of Sant'antioco, restored in 1089-1102 years, the Roman bridge, the ancient Acropolis, Phoenician and Carthaginian necropolis. Interesting can be a visit to the Archaeological Museum of Ferruccio Barreca, Museum of fine Linen, and Fort su Pisa 19th century.