Cossoine is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

Province of Sassari The province of Sassari (; ; ; ; ) was a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital was the city of Sassari. On 1 April 2025, the province was suppressed in favor of the new Metropolitan City of Sassari, which corres ...

in the

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region

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, located about north of

Cagliari Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...

and about southeast of

Sassari Sassari ( ; ; ; ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 120,497 inhabitants as of 2025, and a functional urban area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, it contains ...

Cossoine borders the following municipalities:

Bonorva Bonorva () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari Sassari ( ; ; ; ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in ...

Cheremule Cheremule () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari. Cheremule borders the following municipalities: Borutta Borutta () is a ''com ...

, Giave,

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, Padria, Pozzomaggiore, Romana, Semestene, Thiesi. Sights include the churches of Santa Maria Iscalas, an example of

Byzantine architecture Byzantine architecture is the architecture of the Byzantine Empire, or Eastern Roman Empire, usually dated from 330 AD, when Constantine the Great established a new Roman capital in Byzantium, which became Constantinople, until the Fall of Cons ...

(6th-11th centuries), and Santa Chiara, in Romanesque- Gothic-Aragonese style (16th century).

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