Monteponi is a hamlet in the municipality of Iglesias, in southern Sardinia, where, in the mid-1800s, a large mining complex was established thanks to a concession from the Kingdom of Savoy. The music band of Iglesias was founded in 1875 as the Municipal Town Band and continued its activity until 1914, when the ensemble was disbanded due to the municipality’s financial problems and the fact that the musicians had to lay down their instruments and leave for the front. After the war, in 1919, the ...