Orotelli ( sc, Oroteddi) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about north of

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and about west of

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. Orotelli borders the following municipalities:

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, Bottidda,

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 ...

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History

Human presence in the area is testified as early as the Nuragic period. In the Middle Ages it was part of the

Giudicato of Torres The Judicate of Logudoro or Torres ( sc, Judicadu de Logudoro or ''Torres'', ''Rennu de Logudoro'' or ''Logu de Torres'') was a state in northwest Sardinia from the tenth through the thirteenth century. Its original capital was Porto Torres. The r ...

and then of that of Arborea, until falling to the Aragonese.

Main sights

*Parish church of San Giovanni Battista (1116), originally in Romanesque style. It has a 14th-century bell tower with a bas-relief decoration including figures and arcane symbols. *Several

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. ...

s and

Giants' grave Giants' tomb (Italian: '' Tomba dei giganti'', Sardinian: ''Tumba de zigantes'' / ''gigantis'') is the name given by local people and archaeologists to a type of Sardinian megalithic gallery grave built during the Bronze Age by the Nuragic civili ...

References

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