Villaputzu ( sro, Bidda de Putzi or ) is a municipality in the
Province of South Sardinia in the
Italian region and island of
Sardinia, located about northeast of the Sardinian capital
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
. It is located in a short plain at the
mouth
In animal anatomy, the mouth, also known as the oral cavity, or in Latin cavum oris, is the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds. It is also the cavity lying at the upper end of the alimentary canal, bounded on ...
of the
Flumendosa
The Flumendosa is a river of southern Sardinia, Italy. With a length of , it is the second longest river of the island behind the Tirso.
The Flumendosa's springs are located in the Gennargentu massif, at the foot of the Monte Armidda; it flows i ...
river, next to the
Sarrabus hill.
The village of Villaputzu is a part of the historic region of
Sarrabus, whose municipalities are Villaputzu,
Muravera,
San Vito San Vito may refer to:
Persons
* Saint Vitus, saint, origin of all San Vito names
Places
*Bagnolo San Vito, province of Mantua
*Celle di San Vito, province of Foggia
*Monte San Vito, province of Ancona
* San Vito, Sardinia, province of Cagliari
* ...
and
Castiadas.
Villaputzu was the birthplace of
launeddas instrumentist
Efisio Melis.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Sardinia
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