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Ballao
Ballao, (Ballau in the Sardinian language), is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari, in the Gerrei traditional subregion. It was founded around 1300, when the inhabitants of the ancient hill village of Nuraxi moved in the nearby plain, nearer to the Flumendosa river, to improve their agricultural output. It is home to the Funtana Coberta, a Bronze Age archaeological site. Ballao borders the following municipalities: Armungia, Escalaplano, Goni, Perdasdefogu, San Nicolò Gerrei, Silius, Villaputzu Villaputzu ( sro, Bidda de Putzi or ) is a municipality in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region and island of Sardinia, located about northeast of the Sardinian capital Cagliari. It is located in a short plain at the mouth of th .... References External links Official website Cities and towns in Sardinia {{Sardinia-geo-stub ...
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Sa Funtana Coberta
Funtana Coberta ( Sardinian: ''Sa Funtana Coberta'') is a holy pit (subterranean temple) in Sarrabus-Gerrei, a traditional subregion of Sardinia, Italy. Dating to c. 1200–850 BC, it is included in the territory of Ballao, in the province of Cagliari Cagliari ( it, provincia di Cagliari; sc, provìntzia de Casteddu) was a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy and its capital city was Cagliari. It had an area of , and a total population of 543,310 (200 .... It was excavated in 1918 by Antonio Taramelli, and again in 1994 by Maria Rosaria Manunza. It is composed of roughly parallelepiped-shaped limestone rocks, with a length of 10.60 m. External linksBallao, Pozzo Sacro di Funtana Coberta Sources * {{coord, 39, 34, 51.94, N, 9, 21, 7.02, E, source:itwiki_region:IT, display=title Archaeological sites in Sardinia Bronze Age sites ...
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Gerrei
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 the curatory with the same name of the medieval giudicato of Cagliari. Geologically, it dates to the Palaeozoic era and it is crossed by the Flumendosa, initially in a valley and then to a coastal plain on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Specimens of the mineral ullmannite (NiSbS) were found at Sarrabus in 1887. The crystals of the specimens from Sarrabus were described as hemihedral with parallel faces, whereas specimens from Lölling in present-day Austria were hemihedral with inclined faces. Gerrei Gerrei is composed of the territories of Armungia, Ballao, Escalaplano, Goni, San Nicolò Gerrei, Silius, Villasalto, San Basilio. It also corresponds to a medieval curatory (province) of the Giudicato of Cagliari. It is characterized by a series ...
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Escalaplano
Escalaplano (; sc, Scalepranu or ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari. Escalaplano borders the following municipalities: Ballao, Esterzili, Goni, Orroli, Perdasdefogu Perdasdefogu (, ; ; locally also ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari and about southwest of Tortolì. Perdasdefogu borders the following municipalities: Escalapl ..., Seui, Villaputzu. References Cities and towns in Sardinia {{Sardinia-geo-stub ...
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Silius
Silius is a town and ''comune'' in the province of South Sardinia, Sardinia, Italy. In 2001 it had a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using ... of 1,384. References Municipalities of the Province of South Sardinia {{Sardinia-geo-stub ...
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San Nicolò Gerrei
San Nicolò Gerrei, Pauli Gerrei in sardinian language, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari, in the Gerrei traditional subregion. San Nicolò Gerrei borders the following municipalities: Armungia, Ballao, Dolianova, San Basilio, Sant'Andrea Frius, Silius, Villasalto. See also * Pauli Gerrei trilingual inscription The Pauli Gerrei trilingual inscription is a trilingual Greek-Latin-Phoenician inscription on the base of a bronze column found in San Nicolò Gerrei in Sardinia in 1861. The stele was discovered by a notary named Michele Cappai, on the right sid ... References Cities and towns in Sardinia {{Sardinia-geo-stub ...
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Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitants, while its metropolitan city (including Cagliari and 16 other nearby municipalities) has more than 431,000 inhabitants. According to Eurostat, the population of the Functional urban area, the commuting zone of Cagliari, rises to 476,975. Cagliari is the 26th largest city in Italy and the largest city on the island of Sardinia. An ancient city with a long history, Cagliari has seen the rule of several civilisations. Under the buildings of the modern city there is a continuous stratification attesting to human settlement over the course of some five thousand years, from the Neolithic to today. Historical sites include the prehistoric Domus de Janas, very damaged by cave activity, a large Carthaginian era necropolis, a Roman era amp ...
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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, a large part of the old Province of Cagliari (without the 17 municipalities of the new Metropolitan City), and two other municipalities.The new province of South Sardinia
(Sardinian regional council)


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South Sardinia was instituted as a result of the law reforming provinces in Sardinia (Regional Law 2/2016). Once operational, it will include most of the geographic region of , ...
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Armungia
Armungia, Armùngia in sardinian language, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari. Armungia borders the following municipalities: Ballao, San Nicolò Gerrei, Villaputzu, Villasalto Villasalto, Bidda de Sartu or Bidda de Saltu in sardinian language, is a '' Comune/Comunu'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a pop .... References External links Official website Cities and towns in Sardinia {{Sardinia-geo-stub ...
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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 Sicily, and one of the 20 regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia and immediately south of the French island of Corsica. It is one of the five Italian regions with some degree of Autonomous administrative division, domestic autonomy being granted by a Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, special statute. Its official name, Autonomous Region of Sardinia, is bilingual in Italian and Sardinian language, Sardinian: / . It is divided into four provinces of Italy, provinces and a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city. The capital of the region of Sardinia — and its largest city — is Cagliari. Sardinia's indigenous language and Algherese Catalan are referred to b ...
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Perdasdefogu
Perdasdefogu (, ; ; locally also ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari and about southwest of Tortolì. Perdasdefogu borders the following municipalities: Escalaplano, Jerzu, Ulassai, Tertenia. Close to Perdasdefogu is the Salto di Quirra rocket launch site. History The area was already inhabited in pre-nuragic and nuragic times as evidenced by the presence in the territory of some nuraghes, and various archaeological evidence. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the Judicate of Cagliari and was part of the curatoria of Sarrabus. At the fall of the giudicato ( 1258) it passed under the Pisan dominion and subsequently (1323) under the Aragonese dominion. In 1363 the king of Aragon Pietro IV the Ceremonious incorporated the country in the county of Quirra, given in feud to Berengario Carroz. In 1603 the county was transformed in marquisate, as a feud first of the Centelles and then of t ...
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Flumendosa
The Flumendosa is a river of southern Sardinia, Italy. With a length of , it is the second longest river of the island behind the Tirso. The Flumendosa's springs are located in the Gennargentu massif, at the foot of the Monte Armidda; it flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the towns of Muravera and Villaputzu Villaputzu ( sro, Bidda de Putzi or ) is a municipality in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region and island of Sardinia, located about northeast of the Sardinian capital Cagliari. It is located in a short plain at the mouth of th .... It drains a basin of about . Before the construction of two large dams, it had a discharge of . Rivers of Italy Rivers of Sardinia Rivers of the Province of South Sardinia Drainage basins of the Tyrrhenian Sea {{Italy-river-stub ...
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