Capoterra one of the most important centres of expansion on the island

In a very favourable position in southwestern of Sardinia, Capoterra offers a wide variety of environmental landscapes. So you find from Monte Arcosu, the largest protected natural oasis in Europe, to Maddalena Lido, with wetlands inhabited by pink flamingos, to the residential mountain area of Poggio dei Pini, one of the many hamlets that were created so to get far from Cagliari.

Economic resources

A radical change in handicraft, production and commercial activities has transformed the territory of Capoterra in recent decades.

Though historical events didn’t help the socio-economic development of Capoterra population, it over time could nevertheless survive thanks to agriculture, grazing and other activities for the exploitation of local natural resources.

In the early nineteenth century, the innovative activities of the Marquis Stefano Manca di Villahermosa helped create the foundations of the folowing local economic development.

The village will then consolidate its agricultural vocation and promote the flourishing activity of the early twentieth century in the wine and dairy sectors.

Still today the greatest resource of Capoterra is agriculture, which is flanked by grazing and a number of small industrial, commercial and craft activities.

Needless to say, the presence in the municipal territory of a coastal area and a of an environmentally very rich mountainous area stimulated many activities related to tourism in these areas.

Hamlet of Capoterra:

Santa Rosa;  *Poggio dei Pini;  *Residenza del Poggio;  *Frutti d’Oro 1, 2, La Vigna;  *Residenza del Sole – (Coop. 1000); * Rio Santa Lucia;  *Torre degli Ulivi A, B;  *Su Spantu 1, 2, 3;  *Petite Residence;  *La Maddalena Spiaggia;  *Picciau; Rio San Girolamo – (Coop. 100 – Le Case del Sole).