Cabras, Italy
Encyclopedia
Cabras is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Oristano
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 90 km northwest of Cagliari
and about 6 km northwest of Oristano
.
Cabras borders the following municipalities: Nurachi
, Oristano
, Riola Sardo
. It is home to several churches (parish church, in Baroque style, and church of the Holy Spirit, dating to 1601 with two Gothic aisles), and to the Phoenicia
n archaeological site of Tharros
.
The municipal territory include several beaches in the Sinis peninsula and on the Gulf of Oristano
.
was abandoned due to raids from North African pirates. The first inhabitants settled near the castle, of which today scanty remains can be seen near the parish church.
Under the giudicato of Arborea it had a some importance as the court of the giudice (duke) was held in its castle. After the fall of the giudicato, it was ruled by several feudal lords. In the 19th century it was included in the province of Oristano, until in 1859 it was annexed to the province of Cagliari
. Cabras returned under Oristano in 1974.
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 Oristano
Province of Oristano
Oristano is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Oristano.It has an area of 3,040 km², and a total population of 167,971 . There are 88 municipalities in the province ). As of June 2005, the main communes by population are:-Politics:-External...
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 90 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...
and about 6 km northwest of Oristano
Oristano
Oristano is a town and comune, capital of the Province of Oristano, on the island of Sardinia, Italy. It has approximately 32,500 inhabitants.Its economy is mainly based on fishing, agriculture and, to a certain extent, tourism.-History:...
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Cabras borders the following municipalities: Nurachi
Nurachi
Nurachi is a comune in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 100 km northwest of Cagliari and about 9 km northwest of Oristano...
, Oristano
Oristano
Oristano is a town and comune, capital of the Province of Oristano, on the island of Sardinia, Italy. It has approximately 32,500 inhabitants.Its economy is mainly based on fishing, agriculture and, to a certain extent, tourism.-History:...
, Riola Sardo
Riola Sardo
Riola Sardo is a comune in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 100 km northwest of Cagliari and about 11 km north of Oristano. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 2,132 and an area of 48.2 km².Riola Sardo borders the following...
. It is home to several churches (parish church, in Baroque style, and church of the Holy Spirit, dating to 1601 with two Gothic aisles), and to the 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 archaeological site of Tharros
Tharros
Tharros was an ancient city on the west coast of Sardinia, Italy, and is currently an archaeological site near the village of San Giovanni di Sinis, municipality of Cabras, in the Province of Oristano...
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The municipal territory include several beaches in the Sinis peninsula and on the Gulf of Oristano
Gulf of Oristano
The Gulf of Oristano is a gulf in the Sardinian Sea, near Oristano, in the western Sardinian coast.It is limited from north by the Cape San Marco, in the Sinis peninsula, and from the south by Cape Frasca. It faces the provinces of Oristano and Medio Campidano...
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History
Cabras appeared in the 11th century, when the town of TharrosTharros
Tharros was an ancient city on the west coast of Sardinia, Italy, and is currently an archaeological site near the village of San Giovanni di Sinis, municipality of Cabras, in the Province of Oristano...
was abandoned due to raids from North African pirates. The first inhabitants settled near the castle, of which today scanty remains can be seen near the parish church.
Under the giudicato of Arborea it had a some importance as the court of the giudice (duke) was held in its castle. After the fall of the giudicato, it was ruled by several feudal lords. In the 19th century it was included in the province of Oristano, until in 1859 it was annexed to 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....
. Cabras returned under Oristano in 1974.