Sestu is a town in the Cagliari hinterland of over twenty thousand inhabitants. Ten kilometers from Cagliari, it occupies the southernmost part of the fertile Campidano plain in the far south of Sardinia. The name of Roman origin comes from its location along the road from Caralis to Turris Libisonis (Porto Torres): it was the sixth milestone column, found in the town with the inscription ad sextum lapidem. The Roman milestone is preserved, along with sacred art objects and an ancient organ, inside the parish church of San Giorgio, one of the most interesting late-Gothic buildings in southern Sardinia. The first human settlements in the territory of Sestu date back to the 3rd millennium BC. Of later date are nuragic villages and Punic-Roman necropolis. Numerous artifacts dating back to the imperial age have been found in various areas of the city.
