Monserrato (''Pauli'' or ''Paulli'' in

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) is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipality) in the

Metropolitan City of Cagliari The Metropolitan City of Cagliari (; Sardinian language, Sardinian: ''tzittadi metropolitana de Casteddu'') is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari and includes 17 ''comuni'' ( ...

, southern

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, located about northeast 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 ...

. Monserrato borders the following municipalities:

, Quartu Sant'Elena, Quartucciu, Selargius, Sestu. Sights include the Gothic church of Sant'Ambrogio.

History

In the Middle Ages, the village was known as ''Pauli'' (

for marsh), and was part of the

Giudicato of Cagliari The Judicate of Cagliari (, ) was one of the Sardinian medieval kingdoms, four kingdoms or judicates (''iudicati'', literally "judgeship") into which Sardinia was divided during the Middle Ages. The Judicate of Cagliari occupied the entire southe ...

. Later owned by the

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, the House of Aragon and the Giudicato of Arborea, it was depopulated by plague in 1348. Later it was a Spanish and then Savoyard fief. Monserrato was an autonomous comune until 1928, when it was annexed to Cagliari. It remained a district of the latter until 1991, when it was separated with a local referendum. Since 1995 Documents about the Cagliari Metropolitan Area
the town has been part of the newly instituted Cagliari metropolitan area.

References

External links

Official website

Cities and towns in Sardinia Geography of Cagliari 1991 establishments in Italy States and territories established in 1991 States and territories disestablished in 1928 {{Sardinia-geo-stub