Calich Pond

The Calich is pond among the coastal wetlands of Alghero and Sardinia. It overlooks the Alghero roadstead, extending from the outskirts of the city behind Maria Pia beach to the hamlet of Fertilia, before which it is connected to the Sardinian Sea by a canal, where the remains of the Roman bridge can be found.

The pond is divided into sectors of the Calich proper, from the far western end to the Rio Barca, and the Calighet (small Calich), to the far eastern end. Landward, the pond is girdled by the Calich road 291 dir. The most common diction is “pond of Calich,” but the forms “Calich pond,” “lagoon of Calich,” and “Estany del Càlic” in Algherese, as well as the form “Kalich” are equally employed.

The pond gave its name to the Villaggio Calich, the first nucleus of the Fascist settlement of Fertilia, not to be confused with the Villaggio Calik Blu campsite located on the other side of the canal. The area of the Calich pond is outside SCI ITB 010042, but included in the Capo Caccia SPA.