Iglesias Sant’Angelo

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Iglesias Sant’Angelo – List of Winners

Date	Winner		Car	Time	Final
1965	Beppe Piras		Cooper 1300
1966	Beppe Piras		Morris Cooper 1300
1967	Gianni Vacca		Abarth 1000
1968	Tony Pellissoni		Porsche 2000
1969	“Amphicar”		Porsche 911
1970	Raffaele Pinto		Lancia FM Special
1971	“Bitter”		Fiat Abarth 2000
1972	Angeli Giliberti		Abarth Osella 2000
1973	Domenico Scola		March BMW
1974	Franco Locci		Chevron B23
1990	Uccio Magliona		Osella PA9
1991	Ezio Baribbi		Osella PA9
1993	Marco Satta		Osella PA9
1994	Fabio Danti		Lucchini BMW
1995	Pietro Nappi		Osella PA20/S
1997	Salvatore Anelli		Lucchini BMW
1998	Erasmo Bologna		Osella PA20/S
1999	Fabio Danti		Osella PA20/S BMW
2001	Marco Satta		Osella PA20/S
2002	Rosario Iaquinta		Osella PA20/S
2003	Marco Satta		Osella PA20/S
09-10/10/2004	Omar Magliona		Osella PA21/S	6:34,77	Results
2005	Marco Satta		Osella PA20/S
14-15/10/2006	Simone Faggioli		Osella Honda	7:04,49	Results
06-07/10/2007	Simone Faggioli		Osella PA21 Honda	7:09,97	Results
04-05/10/2008	Simone Faggioli		Osella PA27	6:41,06	Results
03-04/10/2009	Simone Faggioli		Osella FA30	6:26,35	Results
01-02/10/2011	Omar Magliona		Osella PA21/S	6:30,56	Results
06-07/10/2012	Omar Magliona		Osella PA20/S	6:16,05	Results
04-05/05/2013	Simone Faggioli		Osella FA30	2:48,07	Results
26-27/10/2019	Diego Degasperi		Osella FA30	6:01,39	Results

The city of Iglesias lies in the southwest of Sardinia. The area used to be an important mining center for zinc and silver. That is partly the reason why it was inhabited since prehistoric times. In recorded history the city (re-)appears in the 8th century. For a while it was part of the Byzantine empire as the San Salvatore church still testifies. In the later part of the Middle Ages a building boom of churches took place. This gave the city its name: Villa di Chiesa, or city of Churches.
In 1321 Spanish troops invaded Sardinia. Villa di Chiesa was the first city to fall and at the same time the city that profited most from Spanish rule. Villa di Chiesa was translated into Iglesias, the name that the city still carries despite returning to Italy already in 1720. The fortunes of Iglesias run parallel to the fortunes of the mining industry. In the 21st century the mines have all but disappeared replaced by tourism as the main source of income.
The various churches are an obvious tourist attraction of Iglesias. The mine industry heritage is another. The mountains hold various caves, some of which are open to the public. The Hillclimb is located north of Iglesias near the Linas-Marganai nature park. The mountains are rugged and include sharp cliffs, streams, caves and waterfalls. They can reach altitudes of 1000m. The mountainrange runs right up to the sea, creating a beautiful coastline.