Olmedo is an Italian commune of 4 220 inhabitants in the province of Sassari in Sardinia, located on the slopes of Monte Rosso, 69 m above sea level.
The name of the village, of Nuragic and Latin derivation, refers to the ancient conspicuous presence of elms in the area, some specimens of which can still be seen today.
The area has been inhabited by man since the pre-Nuragic and Nuragic periods.
In the Middle Ages, the small village, part of the Giudicato of Torres, assumed an important role as an administrative center in the institutional arrangement of the time. In this period, the few bibliographic sources outline a village characterized by infighting over its possession.
Later ruled by the Aragonese, it soon became a fiefdom, passing from hand to hand to various local lords. In 1540 the town was sacked and devastated at the hands of the Saracens. As a result of this devastation much of the evidence from that period was irretrievably lost. In the early 17th century, Olmedo, subject to frequent pirate attacks, became depopulated. With the Amat, who held power for about a century, a slow but inexorable population increase began.
It was part of the Province of Alghero from 1821 to 1848. After the abolition of the provinces, it became part of the administrative division of Sassari and became an integral part of it in 1859.
Source: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmedo_(Italy); https://comune.olmedo.ss.it/vivere-il-comune/territorio/cenni-storici/
