Tratalias is a ''

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'' (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 Island of

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 southwest 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 Carbonia. Tratalias borders the following municipalities: Carbonia,

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, Perdaxius,

Piscinas Piscinas is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about southwest of Cagliari and about southeast of Carbonia, in the Sulcis-Iglesiente traditional subregion. Piscinas borders the ...

San Giovanni Suergiu San Giovanni Suergiu () is a (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region of Sardinia, located about west of Cagliari and about south of Carbonia. San Giovanni Suergiu borders the following municipalities: Carbonia, ...

, Villaperuccio. The former cathedral of Santa Maria di Monserrato is an example of Sardinian Romanesque architecture. Built in 1213–82, it has a façade with two rows of

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s and a rose window. The interior has a rectangular plan with a nave and two aisles, and a semicircular apse.

References

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