Perfugas (
Gallurese
Gallurese () is a Romance language from the Italo-Dalmatian family spoken in the region of Gallura, northeastern Sardinia. It is sometimes considered a dialect of southern Corsican or a transitional language between Corsican and Sardinian. ...
: ''Pelfica'', sc, Pèifugas) is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces ('' province''). The can ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Sassari
The province of Sassari ( it, provincia di Sassari, sc, provìntzia de Tàtari, sdc, prubìnzia di Sàssari, ca, província de Sàsser, french: province de Sassari, co, pruvincia di Sassari) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous ...
in the
Italian 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, af ...
, located about north of
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 inhabitan ...
and about northeast of
Sassari
Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 127,525 inhabitants, and a Functional Urban Area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, ...
.
Perfugas borders the following municipalities:
Bortigiadas,
Bulzi
220px, Church of San Pietro del Crocifisso.
Bulzi ( sc, Bultzi) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) ...
,
Chiaramonti,
Erula,
Laerru
Laerru ( sc, Laìrru) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about northeast of Sassari.
Laerru borders the following municipalities: Bulzi, Martis
Martis ...
,
Martis
Martis ( sc, Martis or ''Maltis'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, about north of Cagliari and about east of Sassari
Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian cit ...
,
Santa Maria Coghinas,
Tempio Pausania
Tempio Pausania (; sdn, Tèmpiu) is a town of about 14,000 inhabitants in the Gallura region of northern Sardinia, Italy, in the province of Sassari.
History
Cultural and delegated administrative centre of the Gallura sub-region, Tempio has an ...
.
Sights include the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli (16th-17tj centuries), home to the so-called
retablo
A retablo is a devotional painting, especially a small popular or folk art one using iconography derived from traditional Catholic church art. More generally ''retablo'' is also the Spanish term for a retable or reredos above an altar, whether ...
of San Giorgio, one of the largest
altarpiece
An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting ...
s in Sardinia, the
Catalan Gothic-style church of San Giorgio, and the so-called "Sacred Pit of Predio Canopoli", a
nuraghe era archaeological site.
References
Cities and towns in Sardinia
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