Tratalias 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 Island of 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 50 km southwest 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 8 km southeast of Carbonia.

Tratalias borders the following municipalities: Carbonia, Giba

Giba

Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, known as Giba , is a Brazilian professional volleyball player.-Biography:...

, Perdaxius

Perdaxius

Perdaxius is a comune in the Province of Carbonia-Iglesias in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 45 km west of Cagliari and about 9 km east of Carbonia. On 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,466 and an area of 29.5 km².Perdaxius borders the following municipalities:...

, Piscinas

Piscinas

Piscinas is a comune in the Province of Carbonia-Iglesias in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 40 km southwest of Cagliari and about 15 km southeast of Carbonia, in the Sulcis-Iglesiente traditional subregion....

, San Giovanni Suergiu

San Giovanni Suergiu

San Giovanni Suergiu is a comune in the Province of Carbonia-Iglesias in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 50 km west of Cagliari and about 4 km south of Carbonia....

, Villaperuccio

Villaperuccio

Villaperuccio is a comune in the Province of Carbonia-Iglesias in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 40 km southwest of Cagliari and about 13 km southeast of Carbonia, in the lower Sulcis....

. The former cathedral of Santa Maria di Monserrato is an example of Sardinian Romanesque architecture

Romanesque architecture

Romanesque 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,...

. Built in 1213-1282, it has a façade with two rows of Lombard band

Lombard band

A Lombard band is a decorative blind arcade, usually exterior, often used during the Romanesque and Gothic periods of architecture.Lombard bands are believed to have been first used during the First Romanesque Period of the early 11th Century. At that time, they were the most common architectural...

s and a rose window. The interior has a rectangular plan with a nave and two aisles, and a semicircular apse.