Decimomannu is a comune

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 Cagliari

Province of Cagliari

Cagliari is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari.It has an area of 4,470 km², and a total population of 543,310 . There are 71 comuni in the province....

 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...

 autonomous region of 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[],...

, the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

 (after Sicily

Sicily

Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...

).

Decimomannu is located about 17 km northwest 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...

, with a population of about 7,000.

Decimomannu borders the municipalities of Assemini

Assemini

Assemini is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 12 km northwest of Cagliari in the plain of the Cixerri, Flumini Mannu and Sa Nuxedda rivers. It includes notable forest area which are part of the Sulcis Regional Park...

, Decimoputzu

Decimoputzu

Decimoputzu is a comune of c. 4,000 inhabitants in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 20 km northwest of Cagliari....

, San Sperate

San Sperate

San Sperate is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 20 km northwest of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,982 and an area of 26.2 km²....

, Siliqua

Siliqua (CA)

Siliqua is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the island of Sardinia, located about 25 km northwest of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,077 and an area of 190.4 km².-Main sights:...

, Uta

Uta, Italy

Uta is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 15 km northwest of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,915 and an area of 134.4 km²....

, Villasor

Villasor

Villasor is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 25 km northwest of Cagliari...

, and Villaspeciosa

Villaspeciosa

Villaspeciosa is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 20 km northwest of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,039 and an area of 27.3 km²....

.

History

Decimomannu's origins date back at least to Roman times, as attested by its Latin name, meaning "ten miles from Cagliari". Its earlier history was revealed when a necropolis from Phoenicia

Phoenicia

Phoenicia , was an ancient civilization in Canaan which covered most of the western, coastal part of the Fertile Crescent. Several major Phoenician cities were built on the coastline of the Mediterranean. It was an enterprising maritime trading culture that spread across the Mediterranean from 1550...

n-Punic

Punics

The Punics were a group of western Semitic-speaking peoples from Carthage in North Africa who traced their origins to a group of Phoenician and Cypriot settlers, but also to North African Berbers . Punics were probably a mix of Berbers and Phoenicians in terms of culture and ancestry...

 times was found in 1879-1880.

After belonging to the Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire

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, in the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

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 it became part of the Giudicato of Cagliari

Giudicato of Cagliari

The Giudicato of Cagliari was one of the four Sardinian giudicati of the Middle Ages. It covered the entire south and central east portion of the island and was composed of thirteen subdivisions called curatoriae. To its north and west lay Arborea and north and on the east lay Gallura and Logudoro...

, The Giudicati

Giudicati

The giudicati were the indigenous kingdoms of Sardinia from about 900 until 1410, when the last fell to the Aragonese. The rulers of the giudicati were giudici , from the Latin iudice , often translates as "judge". The Latin for giudicato was iudicatus The giudicati (singular giudicato) were the...

 were the indigenous kingdoms of Sardinia from about 900 until 1410, when the last fell to 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...

. The giudici (Latin iudice, literally "judge") were rulers of the giudicati, and many of the giudici established their residences in Decimomannu.

The Republic of Pisa

Republic of Pisa

The Republic of Pisa was a de facto independent state centered on the Tuscan city of Pisa during the late tenth and eleventh centuries. It rose to become an economic powerhouse, a commercial center whose merchants dominated Mediterranean and Italian trade for a century before being surpassed and...

 captured Sardinia in 1017 with the defeat of the Saracen

Saracen

Saracen was a term used by the ancient Romans to refer to a people who lived in desert areas in and around the Roman province of Arabia, and who were distinguished from Arabs. In Europe during the Middle Ages the term was expanded to include Arabs, and then all who professed the religion of Islam...

 leader Mugahid. This victory gave Pisa supremacy until the victory of 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...

 (from the Iberian Peninsula

Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...

) in 1323. Decimomannu was annexed to the giudicato of Arborea in 1353. In 1409, Martin I of Sicily

Martin I of Sicily

Martin I of Sicily , called "The Younger", was King of Sicily from 1390 to 1409.Martin's father was the future King Martin I of Aragon, and his grandparents were King Peter IV of Aragon and Eleanor of Sicily. In 1389/1390/February, 1392 he married Maria of Sicily, born in 1362/1363...

, heir to Aragon

Aragon

Aragon is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza...

, defeated the last Sardinian giudicato. As he died without issue, Sardinia passed with the Crown of Aragon

Crown of Aragon

The Crown of Aragon Corona d'Aragón Corona d'Aragó Corona Aragonum controlling a large portion of the present-day eastern Spain and southeastern France, as well as some of the major islands and mainland possessions stretching across the Mediterranean as far as Greece...

 to a united Spain.

The House of Savoy

House of Savoy

The House of Savoy was formed in the early 11th century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 until the end of World War II, king of Croatia and King of Armenia...

 gained control of Sardinia in 1720, after which it became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia

Kingdom of Sardinia

The Kingdom of Sardinia consisted of the island of Sardinia first as a part of the Crown of Aragon and subsequently the Spanish Empire , and second as a part of the composite state of the House of Savoy . Its capital was originally Cagliari, in the south of the island, and later Turin, on the...

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