Codrongianos
Encyclopedia
Codrongianos is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Sassari
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 170 km north of Cagliari
and about 13 km southeast of Sassari
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,305 and an area of 30.4 km².
Codrongianos borders the following municipalities: Cargeghe
, Florinas
, Osilo
, Ploaghe
, Siligo
.
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 170 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 13 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...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,305 and an area of 30.4 km².
Codrongianos borders the following municipalities: Cargeghe
Cargeghe
Cargeghe is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 170 km north of Cagliari and about 9 km southeast of Sassari....
, Florinas
Florinas
Florinas is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 160 km north of Cagliari and about 14 km southeast of Sassari...
, Osilo
Osilo
Osilo is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 170 km north of Cagliari and about 10 km east of Sassari...
, Ploaghe
Ploaghe
Ploaghe is a comune in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 160 km north of Cagliari and about 20 km southeast of Sassari...
, Siligo
Siligo
Siligo is a comune in the region of Logudoro - Meilogu in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari....
.
Main sights
- Basilica di SaccargiaBasilica di SaccargiaThe façade.|thumb|250pxThe Basilica della Santissima Trinità di Saccargia is a church in the comune of Codrongianos, northern Sardinia, Italy. It is the most important Romanesque site in the island...
, one of the most renowned RomanesqueRomanesque architectureRomanesque 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,...
churches in Sardinia. - Static inverter plantStatic inverter plantA static inverter station, also known as an HVDC Converter Station, is the terminal equipment for a high-voltage direct-current transmission line, in which direct current is converted to three-phase alternating current, and, usually, the reverse...
of HVDC SACOIHVDC Italy-Corsica-SardiniaThe HVDC Italy–Corsica–Sardinia is used for the exchange of electric energy between the static inverter plant Suvereto on the Italian mainland, the static inverter plant Lucciana on Corsica and the static inverter plant Codrongianos on Sardinia.First used in 1965 as mono-polar line, today this...
, the HVDC-power cable connecting the power grids of Corse and Sardinia with the grid of the Italian mainland.