Villaputzu ( sro, Bidda de Putzi or ) is a municipality in the

Province of South Sardinia The Province of South Sardinia ( it, provincia del Sud Sardegna; sc, provìntzia de Sud Sardigna) is an Italian province of Sardinia instituted on 4 February 2016. It includes the suppressed provinces of Carbonia-Iglesias and Medio Campidano, ...

in the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

region and island of

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 ...

, located about northeast of the Sardinian capital Cagliari. It is located in a short plain at the mouth of the Flumendosa river, next to the

Sarrabus Sarrabus-Gerrei is a sub-region of south-eastern Sardinia, Italy. Sarrabus Traditionally Sarrabus, probably from the Roman-time city of Sarcopos, occupies the area of the communes of Castiadas, Muravera, San Vito and Villaputzu, corresponding to ...

hill. The village of Villaputzu is a part of the historic region of

, whose municipalities are Villaputzu,

Muravera Muravera ( sc, Murera, la, Sarcapos) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, about northeast of Cagliari in the Sarrabus. It is a centre of citrus ''Citrus'' is a genus of flowering ...

, San Vito and

Castiadas Castiadas is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about east of Cagliari. Founded in the 14th century and repopulated in the 19th century after centuries of abandonment, it is part ...

. Villaputzu was the birthplace of

launeddas The ''launeddas'' (also called Sardinian triple clarinet) are a traditional Sardinian woodwind instrument made of three pipes, each of which has an idioglot single reed. They are a polyphonic instrument, with one of the pipes functioning as a ...

instrumentist

Efisio Melis Efisio Melis (1890–1970) was a Sardinian folk musician, and noted to have been one of the greatest launeddas players in the world. He was born in Villaputzu near the southeastern tip of the island of Sardinia, the same town of fellow noted ...

References

External links

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Cities and towns in Sardinia {{Sardinia-geo-stub