Tratalias is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

Province of South Sardinia The Province of South Sardinia ( it, provincia del Sud Sardegna; sc, provìntzia de Sud Sardigna) is an Italian province of Sardinia instituted on 4 February 2016. It includes the suppressed provinces of Carbonia-Iglesias and Medio Campidano, ...

in the Island 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 ...

, located about southwest of Cagliari and about southeast of Carbonia. Tratalias borders the following municipalities: Carbonia,

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, Perdaxius,

Piscinas Piscinas is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about southwest of Cagliari and about southeast of Carbonia, in the Sulcis-Iglesiente traditional subregion. Piscinas borders the ...

, San Giovanni Suergiu,

Villaperuccio Villaperuccio (Sa Baronia in Sardinian) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about southwest of Cagliari and about southeast of Carbonia, in the lower Sulcis. Villaperuccio ...

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

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. Built in 1213–82, it has a façade with two rows of

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

References

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