Borutta
Encyclopedia
Borutta is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Sassari
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 150 km north of Cagliari
and about 30 km southeast of Sassari
.
Borutta borders the following municipalities: Bessude
, Bonnanaro
, Cheremule
, Thiesi
, Torralba
. The volcanic hill once housing the village of Sorres (destroyed by the Aragonese
in the early 14th century) houses the Pisan-Romanesque
church of San Pietro di Sorres
.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
(municipality) in the Province of Sassari
Province of Sassari
The Province of Sassari is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Sassari.-Geography:It has an area of 4,282 km², and a total population of 322,326 . There are 66 municipalities in the province, the largest of which are Sassari The...
in the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
region Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
, located about 150 km north of Cagliari
Cagliari
Cagliari is the capital of the island of Sardinia, a region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name Casteddu literally means castle. It has about 156,000 inhabitants, or about 480,000 including the outlying townships : Elmas, Assemini, Capoterra, Selargius, Sestu, Monserrato, Quartucciu, Quartu...
and about 30 km southeast of Sassari
Sassari
Sassari is an Italian city. It is the second-largest city of Sardinia in terms of population with about 130,000 inhabitants, or about 300,000 including the greater metropolitan area...
.
Borutta borders the following municipalities: Bessude
Bessude
Bessude is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 150 km north of Cagliari and about 25 km southeast of Sassari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 474 and an area of 26.8 km².Bessude borders the following municipalities:...
, Bonnanaro
Bonnanaro
Bonnanaro is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 150 km north of Cagliari and about 30 km southeast of Sassari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,099 and an area of 21.8 km².Bonnanaro borders the following municipalities:...
, Cheremule
Cheremule
Cheremule is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 150 km north of Cagliari and about 30 km southeast of Sassari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 489 and an area of 24.2 km².Cheremule borders the following municipalities:...
, Thiesi
Thiesi
Thiesi is a town and comune located in the northern province of Sassari, in Sardinia, Italy. It has a population of 3,165....
, Torralba
Torralba, Italy
Torralba is a town and comune in Sardinia, Italy, administratively part of the province of Sassari.The communal territory is home to the Nuraghe palace of Nuraghe Santu Antine, the highest and best preserved in Sardinia....
. The volcanic hill once housing the village of Sorres (destroyed by the Aragonese
Kingdom of Aragon
The Kingdom of Aragon was a medieval and early modern kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding to the modern-day autonomous community of Aragon, in Spain...
in the early 14th century) houses the Pisan-Romanesque
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
church of San Pietro di Sorres
San Pietro di Sorres
San Pietro di Sorres is a cathedral church and Benedictine monastery in Borutta, a village in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia, Italy. Built in Pisan Romanesque style during the 12th-13th centuries, it was the seat of the now disappeared diocese of Sorres until 1505...
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