Villaperuccio (Sa Baronia in Sardinian) 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

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in the

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region

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, located about southwest of

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and about southeast of Carbonia, in the lower

Sulcis Sulcis (''Maurreddia'' or ''Meurreddia'' in Sardinian language) is a subregion of Sardinia, Italy, in the Province of South Sardinia. Languages spoken include Italian, Sardinian ( Campidanesu) and Ligurian (Tabarchino). Geographical extension ...

. Villaperuccio borders the municipalities of Narcao, Nuxis, 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 ...

Santadi Santadi is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italy, Italian region Sardinia, located about southwest of Cagliari and about southeast of Carbonia, Italy, Carbonia. Santadi borders the following municipalities: A ...

, and Tratalias. Its territory includes the pre-Nuragic necropolis of Montessu, some 40

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 ...

and the

menhir A menhir (; from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large upright stone, emplaced in the ground by humans, typically dating from the European middle Br ...

site of ''is perdas croccadas''.

References

Cities and towns in Sardinia 1979 establishments in Italy States and territories established in 1979 {{Sardinia-geo-stub