Scano di Montiferro () is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about northwest of

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and about north of

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. Scano di Montiferro borders the following municipalities:

Borore Borore () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italy, Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about west of Nuoro. Borore borders the following municipalities: Aidomaggiore, Birori, Dualchi, Maco ...

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Flussio Flussio () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italy, Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about north of Oristano. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 492 and an area of .All d ...

Macomer Macomer () is a town and ''comune'' of Sardinia (Italy) in the province of Nuoro. It is situated on the southern ascent to the central plateau (the Campeda) of this part of Sardinia, at the junction of narrow-gauge lines branching from the main ra ...

Sagama Sagama () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about north of Oristano. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 201 and an area of .All demograp ...

Santu Lussurgiu Santu Lussurgiu (; ) is a commune in the Province of Oristano, in the region of Sardinia, Italy, located about northwest of Cagliari and about north of Oristano. Santu Lussurgiu borders the following municipalities: Abbasanta, Bonarcado, Bor ...

, Sennariolo, Sindia.

History

The municipality of Scano was populated since prehistoric times as shown by the recoveries in its territory of Domus de Janas and Giant's graves the presence of numerous nuragic installations. In the Middle Ages the villa of Scano belonged to the curatoria of the Montiferro, in the

giudicato of Torres The Judicate of Logudoro or Torres ( or ''Torres'', ''Rennu de Logudoro'' or ''Logu de Torres'') was one of the four kingdoms or ''iudicati'' into which Sardinia was divided during the Middle Ages. It occupied the northwest part of the island fr ...

; in 1259, with the death of the giudicessa Adelasia, the curatoria was attached to the

giudicato of Arborea The Judicate of Arborea (; ; ) or the Kingdom of Arborea (; ; ) was one of the four independent judicates into which the island of Sardinia was divided in the Middle Ages. It occupied the central-west portion of the island, wedged between Logud ...

. In 1410 the villa passed to the Aragonese and in 1421 was included in the territories subjected to the Catalan Zatrillas family.

Geography

The town rises to the slopes of the

Montiferru Montiferru is a historical region of central-western Sardinia, Italy. It takes its name from the eponymous extinct volcano massif, whose main peak is the Monte Urtigu (1,050 m). Extending for some 700 km2, the massif had originally a max ...

, in one of the healthiest zones of the island up to above sea level, from which it is a few kilometers away. Built on the crater of an ancient volcano on basaltic rocks, its territory is spread on hills and valleys among which flow courses of water. The highest mountain is "Sa Pattada", elevation .

Main sights

*Nuraghe Nuracale and some other 50 nuraghe *

Domus de janas Domus de Janas ( Sardinian for 'House of the Fairies' or, alternatively, 'House of Witches') are a type of pre-Nuragic rock-cut chamber tomb found in Sardinia. They consist of several chambers quarried out by the people of the San Ciriaco throug ...

giants' grave Giants' grave (; or ) is the name given by Sardinians, local people and archaeologists to a type of Sardinian megalithic gallery grave built during the Bronze Age by the Nuragic civilization. They were collective tombs and can be found throughou ...

Gastronomy

The typical dish is the ''timballa de arrosu'', a timbale of rice with filled of meats and vegetables. The cultivation of the olive trees and the grapevine offer a delicious oil and a very good wine. The bread and the sweets (amaretos, tiricas, pabassinos, bread of saba) is manufactured still with handicraft methods. Among the cheeses is the ''casizzolu of the montiferru'', from the characteristic shape of pear, derived of the bovine milk and the "pilotu", the authentic cheese of Sardinian sheep.

Wildfire 2021

References

External links

www.nuracale.it/

www.scanomontiferro.it/
Cities and towns in Sardinia {{Sardinia-geo-stub