Fluminimaggiore
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Fluminimaggiore 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 Carbonia-Iglesias
Province of Carbonia-Iglesias
Carbonia-Iglesias is a province in the autonomous region of Sardinia, Italy which includes the historical region of Sulcis-Iglesiente, the southwestern part of Sardinia.-Overview:...

 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 60 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 30 km north of Carbonia.

Fluminimaggiore borders the following municipalities: Arbus
Arbus (Sardinia)
Arbus is a comune in the Province of Medio Campidano in the Italian region of Sardinia. Located in the south west coast of the island, Arbus is known for its coastline, the Costa Verde, and for several archeological sites, such as the mines of Montevecchio...

, Buggerru
Buggerru
Buggerru is a comune in the Province of Carbonia-Iglesias in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 70 km northwest of Cagliari and about 30 km northwest of Carbonia....

, Domusnovas
Domusnovas
Domusnovas is a comune in the Province of Carbonia-Iglesias in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 40 km northwest of Cagliari and about 20 km northeast of Carbonia, in the Sulcis-Iglesiente region, in the valley of the Cixerri river.Domusnovas borders the following...

, Gonnosfanadiga
Gonnosfanadiga
Gonnosfanadiga is a town and comune in the province of Medio Campidano, Sardinia, Italy. It is located between Medio Campidano plain from NE and the Monte Linas massif from SE....

, Iglesias
Iglesias
Iglesias is a comune of Carbonia-Iglesias province in Sardinia, Italy.-Overview:Situated at 190 m in the hills in the southwest of Sardinia, it was a centre of a mining district, with lead, zinc, and silver being extracted, as well as for the distillation of sulfuric acid.Iglesias'...

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The Temple of Antas
Temple of Antas
The Temple of Antas is an ancient Carthaginian-Roman temple in the commune of Fluminimaggiore, southern Sardinia, Italy. It is located in an area colonized by the Carthaginians and then by the Romans, attracted by its iron and lead deposits....

is located in the Fluminimaggiore territory. There are several museums in the town, including a paleontology museum.
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