Terranova

Terranova stands on a sheltered inlet on the northeastern coast of Sardinia. Known in antiquity as Olbia, it was an important Roman port and later, as Civita, a centre of the Judicate of Gallura. Its church of San Simplicio served the bishopric of Civita. By the seventeenth century the coastal town and cathedral had declined, while the inland town of Tempio gained a growing role in the religious life of Gallura.