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Mal di Ventre (Sardinian: Malu 'Entu) is an island located off the coast of Sardinia. Mal di Ventre is notable for its Roman ruins and a Sardinian nationalist attempt at creating a micronation in 2008.

Mal di Ventre
Native name:
Isula de Malu 'Entu
Mal di Ventre
Mal di Ventre
Geography
LocationMediterranean Sea
Coordinates39°59′26″N 8°18′17″E
Area81 ha (200 acres)[1]
Length2 km (1.2 mi)[1]
Width0.8 km (0.5 mi)[1]
Highest elevation18 m (59 ft)
Administration
Italy
ProvinceOristano
MunicipalityCabras
Demographics
Population0
Additional information
Official websitewww.mnal.nd

Location and geography


Mal di Ventre is located in the Mediterranean Sea, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Oristano in central-west Sardinia. The island is inside a marine protected area and its western coast is exposed to the Mistral, giving it a rugged topography as a result.[citation needed] There is a lighthouse at the island's highest point, 18 metres (59 ft) above sea level.[2]


History


The name of the island comes from the Savoyard cartographers, who mistranslated into Italian the Sardinian name Malu 'Entu ("bad winds") as Mal di Ventre ("stomach pain"). Ancient civilizations used to live on the island. The island was also inhabited during Roman times. The island contains ruins of Roman buildings, as well as the remnants of an ancient well.[2] In 1898, the island became part of Parco del Sinis-Montiferru (Sinis-Montiferru institutional park).[2]

Mal di Ventre was owned by the British entrepreneur John Miller, who had owned the island since 1972. In July 2014 the island was put up for sale, with an asking price of £100,000,000.[citation needed]


Republic of Malu Entu


In September 2008 a former truck driver named Salvatore "Doddore" Meloni and his followers seized Mal di Ventre and declared it to be an independent state as part of a broader and controversial effort to win the independence of Sardinia. Inspired by the independence movements of Kosovo, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Meloni declared himself president of the Republic of Malu Entu and set up a presidential residence in a blue plastic tent. He declared the nation tax free and claimed that over 300 people had expressed an interest in moving there.[3] The island was previously a meeting place for the Sardinian Independentist Party. Not long after he took over the island, Meloni sent drafts of his initiative to both the United Nations and Silvio Berlusconi, who was President of the Council of Ministers at the time.[4]

In 2011, Meloni was charged with tax evasion to the sum of 5 million euros.[5] In the summer of 2012 Meloni was convicted for his role in trying to take over the island and sentenced to 20 months in prison.[6] In April 2017, Meloni was arrested and started a hunger strike in prison, asking to be considered a political prisoner. On July 5, 2017, after two months of hunger strike, he died.[7]


See also



References


  1. "Isola di Mal di Ventre, Oristano/Cabras". Abode Savills. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. Giangi Chiesura. "The island of Mal di Ventre". Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. The Telegraph."Sardinian island declares 'independence'." telegraph.co.uk, 22 Sept. 2008.
  4. "LA NUOVA SARDEGNA - Cronache : "Mal di Ventre Stato autonomo"" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  5. "vasione fiscale per 5 milioni di euro: denunciato l'indipendentista Doddore". L'Unione Sarda.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  6. "Occupazione dell'isola di Mal di Ventre, Meloni condannato" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  7. "Doddore Meloni, morto l'indipendentista sardo dopo 2 mesi di sciopero della fame in carcere" (in Italian). Retrieved 8 November 2017.

На других языках


[de] Mal di Ventre

Die kleine, unbewohnte Insel Mal di Ventre (der ursprüngliche sardische Name "Isula de Malu 'Entu", was wörtlich "Insel des üblen Windes" bedeutet und sich vor allem auf den starken Maestrale-Wind bezieht, von dem die Westküste häufig betroffen ist, wurde fälschlicherweise im Italienischen mit "Mal di Ventre", zu Deutsch "Bauchweh", übersetzt) liegt acht Kilometer vor der Sinis-Halbinsel Sardiniens. Sie ist 1,6 km lang und 400 m breit. Das Gewässer ringsum ist Meeresschutzgebiet mit einer reichen Meeresfauna. Auf der Ostseite befinden sich märchenhafte Strände. Den Westen der Insel prägen zerklüftete Granitfelsen, in denen seltene Vogelarten nisten. Durch die abgeschiedene Lage konnte sich auf der Insel ein nahezu intaktes Ökosystem erhalten. Im Winter dient die Insel mit ihren weiten Rosmarinflächen als Schafweide.
- [en] Mal di Ventre

[fr] Mal di Ventre

Mal di Ventre (Isula de Malu Entu ou Malu Entu en sarde) est une île italienne inhabitée située à quelques kilomètres à l'ouest des côtes sardes dans une zone maritime protégée à 130 miles de Porto Cervo. L'île de deux kilomètres de long, culmine à 18 m d'altitude[1].

[it] Mal di Ventre

Mal di Ventre (traduzione erronea dal sardo Isula de Malu 'Entu, che significa "isola del vento cattivo") è un'isola del Mare di Sardegna antistante la costa della penisola del Sinis, dalla quale dista circa 9,26 km (5 miglia marine)[1]. È inclusa nel perimetro dell'Area marina protetta Penisola del Sinis - Isola Mal di Ventre. In sardo malu bentu (o con elisione della prima consonante "malu 'entu") significa "cattivo vento" per via dei mutevoli e repentini cambiamenti delle condizioni meteorologiche, influenzate quanto dal vento dominante di maestrale, tanto dalle brezze termiche determinate dalla relativa vicinanza alla Sardegna.

[ru] Маль-ди-Вентре

Маль-ди-Ве́нтре (итал. Mal di Ventre, сард. Malu Entu) — остров близ центральной части западного побережья Сардинии. Находится в 6—7 км от побережья, принадлежит коммуне Кабрас, провинции Ористано. В переводе с сардинского название острова означает «плохой воздух» или «плохой ветер», что отражает его подверженность сильным западным ветрам (мистраль).



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