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The Goceano ( sc, Costèra) is a historical and geographical region of center-north of
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 ...
island,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
.
It covers a surface of 480 km
2 and has a population of 13,000 inhabitants (27 inhabitants/km
2). It is located inside 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 ...
, the main urban centres are
Bono, Italy
Bono ( sc, Bòno) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldig ...
, considered the traditional Goceano's chieftown,
Anela,
Benetutti
Benetutti ( sc, Benetuti) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari.
Several prehistorical archaeological remains have been discover ...
,
Burgos
Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos.
Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of t ...
,
Bultei
Bultei ( sc, Urtei) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari.
Bultei borders the following municipalities: Anela, Benetutti, Bono ...
,
Nule
Nule ( sc, Nùle) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari.
Nule borders the following municipalities: Benetutti, Bitti, Orune, ...
,
Esporlatu
Esporlatu ( sc, Isporlatu) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari.
Esporlatu borders the following municipalities: Bottidda, Burgos ...
,
Illorai
Illorai is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about southeast of Sassari.
Illorai borders the following municipalities: Bolotana, Bonorva, Bottidda, Burgo ...
and
Bottidda.
The territory is characterised by wooded mountains and alluvial valleys, the Marghine Chain (highest peak:
Monte Rasu 1259 metres) and the
Tirso Valley.
History
According to the Sardinian historian
Giovanni Francesco Fara
Giovanni Francesco Fara (February 4, 1543 - 1591) was a Sardinian historian, geographer and clergyman,http://www.filologiasarda.eu/didattica/schede/slides.php?sez=37&id=560&didaSec=letteratura who wrote in Latin.
Biography
Giovanni Francesco Far ...
(1543–1591) the Goceano, in Latin ''Gothianus'', takes its name from the
Goths
The Goths ( got, 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, translit=''Gutþiuda''; la, Gothi, grc-gre, Γότθοι, Gótthoi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe ...
, some of whom settled down in the region during the Middle Ages.
The region is historically characterised by the Castle of
Burgos
Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos.
Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of t ...
, built in 1134 by the
Giudice of Logudoro
The kings or ''judges'' (''iudices'' or ''judikes'') of Logudoro (or Torres) were the local rulers of the ''locum de Torres'' or region (province) around Porto Torres, the chief northern port of Sardinia, during the Middle Ages.
:''The identity, ...
Gonario II of Torres
Gonario II (also spelled ''Gonnario'' or ''Gunnari''; died between 1180 and 1190) was the '' giudice'' of Logudoro (a kingdom in Sardinia) from the death of his father to his own abdication in 1154. He was a son of Constantine I and Marcusa de Guna ...
. The castle was considered in the 14th century "one of the strongest and efficient forts of Sardinia".
The King
Peter IV of Aragon
Peter IV, ; an, Pero, ; es, Pedro, . In Catalan, he may also be nicknamed ''el del punyalet'': "he of the little dagger". (Catalan: ''Pere IV''; 5 September 1319 – 6 January 1387), called the Ceremonious (Catalan: ''el Cerimoniós''), w ...
appointed
Marianus IV of Arborea as Count of Goceano, in 1339. He held the fief and the castle also after his crowning as
giudice of Arborea
The Kings or ''Judges'' (from the Latin ''iudices'' and the Sardinian ', "judges," the title of the Byzantine officials left behind when Imperial power receded in the West) of the Arborea were the local rulers of the west of Sardinia during t ...
.
In 1410, after the defeat of Arborea in the war against the
Kingdom of Aragon
The Kingdom of Aragon ( an, Reino d'Aragón, ca, Regne d'Aragó, la, Regnum Aragoniae, es, Reino de Aragón) was a medieval and early modern kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding to the modern-day autonomous community of Aragon, ...
, the Goceano became a fiefdom ruled by
Leonardo Cubello
Leonardo is a masculine given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese equivalent of the English, German, and Dutch name, Leonard.
People
Notable people with the name include:
* Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian Renaissance scientist ...
.
Francesco Cesare Casula
Francesco Cesare Casula (born 12 September 1933) is a Sardinian historian from Italy.
Biography
Born in Livorno, Casula lived there until 1949 when, because of his father's death caused by an Allied bombardment of the city, his entire family ...
, ''Dizionario storico sardo'', "Gocèano (o di Burgos), castello di]"
Notes
Bibliography
* S. Chessa, ''Le Dimore rurali in Sardegna, con particolare riferimento al Monteacuto, al Goceano, al Meilogu e alla Gallura'', Cargeghe, Documenta, 2008.
* Vittorio Angius, voce ''Goceano'', in Goffredo Casalis, ''Dizionario geografico, storico, statistico, commerciale degli Stati di S.M. il Re di Sardegna'', 1841.
*
Francesco Cesare Casula
Francesco Cesare Casula (born 12 September 1933) is a Sardinian historian from Italy.
Biography
Born in Livorno, Casula lived there until 1949 when, because of his father's death caused by an Allied bombardment of the city, his entire family ...
, ''Dizionario storico sardo'', edizione riveduta ed ampliata Cagliari, L'Unione Sarda, 2006, .
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Geography of Sardinia
Geographical, historical and cultural regions of Italy