Barumini ( sc, Barùmini) 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 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 Province of Carbonia-Iglesias, Carbonia- ...
in the
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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region 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 north of
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 ...
and about northeast of
Sanluri
Sanluri ( sc, Seddori, la, Sullurium) is a comune in Sardinia, Italy. It became part of the Province of South Sardinia, following the creation of that local unit in 2016. The territory of Sanluri comprises an area of .
In 1436, Sanluri was ele ...
.
Barumini borders the following municipalities:
Gergei
Gergei is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,413 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: It ...
,
Gesturi
Gesturi, Gèsturi in the Sardinian language, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about northeast of Sanluri in the Marmilla area.
Gesturi border ...
,
Las Plassas
Las Plassas, Is Pratzas or Is Platzas in the Sardinian language, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about northeast of Sanluri.
Las Plassas borders ...
,
Tuili
Tuili is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about northeast of Sanluri.
Tuili borders the following municipalities: Barumini, Gesturi, Las Plassas, ...
,
Villanovafranca
Villanovafranca (Biddanoa Franca, Bidda Noa Franca in Sardinian) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about northeast of Sanluri.
Villanovafranca bo ...
.
It is home to
Su Nuraxi di Barumini
Su Nuraxi is a nuragic archaeological site in Barumini, Sardinia, Italy. ''Su Nuraxi'' simply means "The Nuraghe" in Campidanese, the southern variant of the Sardinian language.
Su Nuraxi is a settlement consisting of a seventeenth century BC N ...
, a
Nuraghe
The nuraghe (, ; plural: Logudorese Sardinian , Campidanese Sardinian , Italian ), or also nurhag in English, is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardinia, developed during the Nuragic Age between 1900 and 730 B.C. ...
complex listed in the
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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.
Pictures
File:ChiesaVergineImmacolataBarumini-pjt.jpg, Parochial church of the "Vergine Immacolata“
File:BaruminiPalazzoZapata-pjt2.jpg, Palazzo Zapata
File:BaruminiPalazzoZapata-pjt1.jpg, Palazzo Zapata
File:BaruminiSanGiovanniBatista-pjt.jpg, San Giovanni Batista
References
External links
Official website Barumini Sistema Cultura Foundation
Museum of Barumini's History
Cities and towns in Sardinia
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