San Vito
Encyclopedia
San Vito is a comune
(municipality) in the Province of Cagliari
in the Italian
region Sardinia
, located about 45 km northeast of Cagliari
.
San Vito borders the following municipalities: Burcei
, Castiadas
, Muravera
, Sinnai
, Villaputzu
, Villasalto
.
It is the birthplace of launeddas
player Luigi Lai
.
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 45 km northeast 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...
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San Vito borders the following municipalities: Burcei
Burcei
Burcei is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 25 km northeast of Cagliari.Burcei borders the following municipalities: San Vito, Sinnai, Villasalto....
, Castiadas
Castiadas
Castiadas is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 35 km east of Cagliari. Founded in the 14th century and repopulated in the 19th century after centuries of abandonment, it is part of the Sarrabus-Gerrei historical region.Castiadas borders the...
, Muravera
Muravera
Muravera is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 45 km northeast of Cagliari in the Sarrabus traditional area....
, Sinnai
Sinnai
Sinnai is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 12 km northeast of Cagliari....
, Villaputzu
Villaputzu
Villaputzu is a municipality in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region and island of Sardinia, located about 45 km northeast of the sardinian capital Cagliari...
, Villasalto
Villasalto
Villasalto is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 40 km northeast of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,282 and an area of 130.1 km²....
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It is the birthplace of launeddas
Launeddas
The launeddas is a typical Sardinian woodwind instrument, consisting of three pipes. It is polyphonic and played using circular breathing. An ancient instrument, dating back to at least the 8th century BC, launeddas are still played during religious ceremonies and dances...
player Luigi Lai
Luigi Lai
Luigi Lai is an Italian musician from Sardinia, and is living heir of the school of Sarrabus players of the launeddas.Lai was born at San Vito, in the province of Cagliari. As a child in nearby Villaputzu, he became a student of one of launeddas player Antonio Lara. For a time he lived in...
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