Siddi (Sardinia)
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Siddi 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
Province of South Sardinia The province of South Sardinia (; ) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy, instituted on 4 February 2016. It includes the suppressed provinces of Province of Carbonia-Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias and ...
in the
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
region
Sardinia Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...
, located about northwest 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 north of Sanluri in the Marmilla historical sub-region. Siddi borders the following municipalities:
Baressa Baressa () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about southeast of Oristano. Baressa borders the following municipalities: Baradili, Gonnoscodina, Go ...
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Collinas Collinas ( in Sardinian) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about northwest of Sanluri. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 954 an ...
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Gonnoscodina Gonnoscodina, Gonnos-Codina in sardinian language, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about southeast of Oristano. Gonnoscodina borders the followin ...
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Gonnostramatza Gonnostramatza, Gonnos-Tramatza in sardinian language, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about southeast of Oristano Oristano (; ) is an Italian ...
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Lunamatrona Lunamatrona is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about north of Sanluri, in the inner Marmilla plain. Lunamatrona borders the following municip ...
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Pauli Arbarei Pauli Arbarei is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia on the Italian island of Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about north of Sanluri. Pauli Arbarei borders the following municipalities: Las Plassas, ...
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Ussaramanna Ussaramanna, Soramànna in Sardinian language, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about north of Sanluri. Ussaramanna borders the following mu ...
. It is home to several archaeological findings, including a
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 ...
from the
Ozieri culture The Ozieri culture (or San Michele culture) was a prehistoric Pre-Nuragic Sardinia, pre-Nuragic culture that occupied Sardinia from c. 3200 to 2800 BCE. The Ozieri was the culmination of the island's Neolithic culture and takes its name from the l ...
, a
Giants' tomb Giants' grave (; or ) is the name given by 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 throughout Sardinia, ...
and several
nuraghe The nuraghe, or nurhag, is the main type of ancient megalithic Building, edifice found in Sardinia, Italy, developed during the History of Sardinia#Nuragic period, Nuragic Age between 1900 and 730 BC. Today it has come to be the symbol of ...
villages.


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