Bitti ( sc, Bitzi) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Nuoro
The province of Nuoro ( it, provincia di Nuoro; sc, provìntzia de Nùgoro) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Nuoro.
It has an area of , and, , a total population of 210,972. The provinc ...
in the
Italian
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region
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
, about north of
Cagliari and about north of
Nuoro
Nuoro ( or less correctly ; sc, Nùgoro ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in central-eastern Sardinia, Italy, situated on the slopes of the Monte Ortobene. It is the capital of the province of Nuoro. With a population of 36,347 (2011), ...
.
Bitti borders the municipalities of
Alà dei Sardi
Alà dei Sardi ( sc, Alà) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Olbia.
Alà dei Sardi borders the following municipalities: Berchidda, ...
,
Buddusò
Buddusò (Gallurese: ''Buddusò'', sc, Uddusò) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southwest of Olbia.
Buddusò borders the following municipalit ...
,
Lodè
Lodè is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about northeast of Nuoro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,110 and an area of .All demographics and ...
,
Lula,
Nule
Nule ( sc, Nùle) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari.
Nule borders the following municipalities: Benetutti, Bitti, Orune, ...
,
Onanì,
Orune,
Osidda, and
Padru
Padru (Gallurese: ''Patru'', sc, Padru) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about south of Olbia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,107 and ...
.
History
The commune takes its name from the
Sardinian ''bitta'' (female deer). Already existing in
Roman
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times, it is mentioned in 1170 as ''Bitthe''. Bitti was a provincial capital of the
Giudicato of Gallura
The Judicate of Gallura ( lat, Iudicatus Gallurae, sc, Judicadu de Gallura, it, Giudicato di Gallura) was one of four Sardinian judicates in the Middle Ages. These were independent states whose rulers bore the title ''iudex'', judge. Gallura, a ...
and, from the 14th century, was part of the
Giudicato of Torres
The Judicate of Logudoro or Torres ( sc, Judicadu de Logudoro or ''Torres'', ''Rennu de Logudoro'' or ''Logu de Torres'') was a state in northwest Sardinia from the tenth through the thirteenth century. Its original capital was Porto Torres. The r ...
.
[ ] It was later included in the marquisate of
Orani
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Geography
Orani is from Balanga and n ...
.
Main sights
*
Su Romanzesu nuragic archaeological complex
*Church of ''Santu Jorgi'' (St. George)
See also
*
Tenores di Bitti
The ( sc, su tenòre, su cuncòrdu, su cuntràttu, su cussèrtu, s'agorropamèntu, su cantu a pròa; it, canto a tenore) is a style of polyphonic folk singing characteristic of the island of Sardinia (Italy's second largest island), particularl ...
, a folk music group from the ''comune''
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Sardinia
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