Fordongianus, ( sc, Fordongianis) (
Ancient Greek
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: ''Hydata Hypsitana'', la, Aquae Hypsitanae or ''Forum Trajani'',
Hazlitt's Classical Gazetteer, p. 42
) is a ''comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the Province of Oristano
The province of Oristano ( it, provincia di Oristano, sc, provìntzia de Aristanis) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Oristano. It has an area of , a total population of 160,746 (2016), ...
in the Italian
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region Sardinia
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, located about northwest of Cagliari
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and about northeast of Oristano
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. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,037 and an area of .[All demographics and other statistics: ]National Institute of Statistics (Italy)
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(Istat).
Fordongianus borders the following municipalities: Allai, Busachi
Busachi (official name in Sardinian language: Busache) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about northeast of Oristano.
Busachi borders the following mu ...
, Ghilarza
Ghilarza ( sc, Ilàrtzi) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about northeast of Oristano.
Antonio Gramsci, political philosopher and founder of the Ita ...
, Ollastra, Paulilatino
Paulilatino ( sc, Paùlle) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northwest of Cagliari and about northeast of Oristano.
Paulilatino borders the following municipalities: Abbasan ...
, Siapiccia, Villanova Truschedu.
History
In antiquity, Fordongianus was called ''Forum Trajani'' in honor of Roman emperor Trajan
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, who is credited with the building of what are now considerable Roman remains, including those of a bridge, and of thermae
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on a scale of great magnificence (Valéry, ''Voy. en Sardaigne'', vol. ii. c. 35). The city, in the interior of Sardinia, is known from the Itineraries
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, which place it on the road from Tibula Tibula (Greek: , Ptol.), was an ancient town of Sardinia, near the northern extremity of the island, which appears to have been the customary landing-place for travelers coming from Corsica; for which reason the Itineraries give no less than four l ...
, through the interior of the island, to Othoca. (Itin. Ant. p. 82.) Fordongianus sits on the left bank of the river Tirsi (ancient Thyrsus), about from Oristano.
Demographic evolution
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References
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External links
www.comunefordongianus.it/
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