Guamaggiore
Encyclopedia
Guamaggiore is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cagliari
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 40 km north of Cagliari
.
Guamaggiore borders the following municipalities: Gesico
, Guasila
, Ortacesus
, Selegas
. It is home to the Gothic
church of St. Peter, dating to the 13th-14th century.
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...
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 40 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...
.
Guamaggiore borders the following municipalities: Gesico
Gesico
Gesico is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 45 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 954 and an area of 25.5 km²....
, Guasila
Guasila
Guasila is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 40 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,871 and an area of 43.5 km²....
, Ortacesus
Ortacesus
Ortacesus is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 35 km north of Cagliari, included in the Trexenta traditional subregion....
, Selegas
Selegas
Selegas is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 40 km north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,511 and an area of 20.5 km²....
. It is home to the Gothic
Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
church of St. Peter, dating to the 13th-14th century.