This month Sardinians will celebrate “Sa die de sa Sardinnya,” (the day of Sardinia) on April 28 to honor the day in which their ancestors rebelled against Piedmontese rule. The festival was established in 1993 to remember the revolt of 1794, and is a religious festival also known as the Sardian Vespers.

Sardinia is one of the 20 regions of Italy and is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily. It is one of five Italian regions with some degree of regional autonomy which was granted to the island in 1948. Sardinians are a proud and resilient people whose lives and culture have been shaped by numerous invasions and historical events.