Talmone Artillery Battery is a section of a defensive system that emerged in the late 18th century and was constituted, at its height, by around 50 facilities, including forts, redoubts and artillery batteries scattered across the Maddalena archipelago.
It is situated on the northern coast of Sardinia, between the beaches of Palau and Costa Serena, at Punta Don Diego. From the watchtower the Talmone facility was charged with the responsibility of covering the channel separating the island of Spargi from Sardinia; this tract of sea would later become a scene of battle throughout the Second World War. In 1947, the Treaty of Paris required Italy to dismantle the base and take all of the artillery batteries out of commission. Decades of neglect came and went, until 2002, when the complex was entrusted on a loan-for-use basis to FAI.
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