Aggius (in Gallurese Agghju) is a Municipality of about 1,643 inhabitants in the historical region of Gallura and is 6 Km far from Tempio Pausania and 70 Km far from Sassari.

This small village is 514 m a.s.l., at the foot of the serrate granite peak called “Monti di Aggius”. It is a typical Gallura village dipped among cork oak-groves and vineyards and surrounded by sites of Nuraghi and rural Medieval churches, witnessing its ancient history.

Until 1958, Aggius was the main town of a Municipality comprising the whole wide zone included between River Coghinas and Vignola, but after the birth of the Municipalities of Trinità d’Agultu (1958), Badesi (1968) and Viddalba (1975), Aggius Municipality was downsized until 82 square Km. Economy is based on the agro-pastoral field, on the industrial and artistic craftsmanship, especially on textiles and carpet manufacturing, on marble and granite workmanship.

Among its hills, valleys stand out together with the plain “Li Parisi”, known with the name “Valle della Luna” (“Moon Valley”), because of its particular level landscape full of granite rocks all differently shaped, by which visitors imagination is constantly inspired.

The name Aggius might derive from Greek aghios = sacrosanct; or from Latin agnus = lamb, to indicate the presence of sheepfolds; or from ajus = lawless, because of the free and rebellious attitude of its original inhabitants, used to self-regulation, according to their own code of laws.

Aggius is repository of age-old traditions with regard to chant and dance: there is a renowned choir, nicknamed by Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio “Coro del Galletto di Gallura” (“Gallura Cock Choir”), because of its characteristic sound; there is also a very interesting ethnographic museum, M.E.O.C.