Ardara ( sc, Àldara) is a ''
comune
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'' (municipality) in the
Province of Sassari
The province of Sassari ( it, provincia di Sassari, sc, provìntzia de Tàtari, sdc, prubìnzia di Sàssari, ca, província de Sàsser, french: province de Sassari, co, pruvincia di Sassari) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sa ...
in the
Italian
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region
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
, located about north of
Cagliari and about southeast of
Sassari.
It was one of the capitals of
Giudicato di Torres
The Judicate of Logudoro or Torres ( sc, Judicadu de Logudoro or ''Torres'', ''Rennu de Logudoro'' or ''Logu de Torres'') was a state in northwest Sardinia from the tenth through the thirteenth century. Its original capital was Porto Torres. The r ...
. The village houses the ruins of the Castle of the
Giudicato of Torres
The Judicate of Logudoro or Torres ( sc, Judicadu de Logudoro or ''Torres'', ''Rennu de Logudoro'' or ''Logu de Torres'') was a state in northwest Sardinia from the tenth through the thirteenth century. Its original capital was Porto Torres. The r ...
(11th century), the medieval walls, and the Romanesque Basilica of
Santa Maria del Regno.
Ardara borders the municipalities of
Chiaramonti
Chiaramonti (Gallurese: ''Chjaramònti'', sc, Tzaramònte) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about east of Sassari. It is part of the Anglona histor ...
,
Mores
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,
Ozieri
Ozieri ( sc, Otieri) is a town and ''comune'' of approximatively 11,000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia (Italy), in the Logudoro historical region.
Its cathedral of the Immacolata is the episcopal see of the Roman Cath ...
,
Ploaghe
Ploaghe ( sc, Piàghe) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari.
Ploaghe borders the following municipalities: Ardara, Chiaramont ...
and
Siligo
Siligo is a ''comune'' (municipality) 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.
Siligo borders the following municipalities: ...
.
Ardara is the birthplace of the singer
Roberto Meloni
Roberto Meloni (born 20 February 1981 in Rome) is an Italian judoka. Height 1.79m, weight 90 kg
Achievements
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Italian male judoka
Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Judoka at ...
, who represented
Latvia at the
2007 and
2008 Eurovision Song Contest
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with
Bonaparti.lv and
Pirates of the Sea bands.
References
Cities and towns in Sardinia
Castles in Italy
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