Cabras () is a ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region of

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, located about northwest of

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and about northwest of

Oristano Oristano (; ) is an Italian city and (municipality), the capital of the Province of Oristano in the central-western part of the island of Sardinia. It is located on the northern part of the Campidano plain. It was established as the provincial ...

. Cabras borders the following municipalities: Nurachi,

, Riola Sardo. It is home to several churches - a parish church, in the

Baroque style The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (i ...

, and a Church of the Holy Spirit, dating to 1601 with two Gothic aisles. It is also home to the

Phoenicia Phoenicians were an Ancient Semitic-speaking peoples, ancient Semitic group of people who lived in the Phoenician city-states along a coastal strip in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily modern Lebanon and the Syria, Syrian ...

n archaeological site of

Tharros Tharros (also spelled Tharras, , , ''Tárrai/Tárras''; ) was an ancient city and former bishopric on the west coast of Sardinia, Italy. It is currently a Latin Catholic titular see and an archaeological site near the village of San Giovanni d ...

. The municipal territory includes several beaches in the Sinis peninsula and on the

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History

Cabras appeared in the 11th century, when the town of

was abandoned due to raids from North African pirates. The inhabitants first settled near the castle, scant remains of which can be seen near the parish church. Under the

Giudicato of Arborea The Judicate of Arborea (; ; ) or the Kingdom of Arborea (; ; ) was one of the four independent judicates into which the island of Sardinia was divided in the Middle Ages. It occupied the central-west portion of the island, wedged between Logud ...

it had some importance as the court of the ''giudice'' (duke) was held in its castle. After the fall of the ''giudicato'', it was ruled by several feudal lords. In the 19th century it was included in the province of Oristano, until being annexed in 1859 to the

province of Cagliari The province of Cagliari (; ) was a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital city was Cagliari. It had an area of , and a total population of 543,310 (2001). There were 71 ''comuni'' (: ''comune'') in the provinc ...

. Cabras returned to Oristano in 1974.

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Sardinia {{Sardinia-geo-stub