Perdasdefogu (, ; ; locally also ) is a (municipality) in the
Province of Nuoro in the
Italian region
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...
, located about northeast of
Cagliari
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and about southwest of
Tortolì
Tortolì (; or ; ) is a town and ''comune'' in Sardinia, in the Province of Nuoro.
Geography
Tortolì is situated on the eastern coast of Sardinia. Its port and greatest hamlet is Arbatax, which has also an airport that once connected it to con ...
.
Perdasdefogu borders the following municipalities:
Escalaplano,
Jerzu
Jerzu (sardinian language, Sardinian: Jersu), is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italy, Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari and about southwest of Tortolì. As of 31 December 2004, it had a pop ...
,
Ulassai
Ulassai (Ulassa in Sardinian language) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italy, Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari and about southwest of Tortolì.
Ulassai borders the following municipali ...
,
Tertenia
Tertenia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari and about south of Tortolì.
Tertenia borders the following municipalities: Cardedu, Gairo, Jerzu, Lanusei ...
.
Close to Perdasdefogu is the
Salto di Quirra rocket launch site.
History
The area was already inhabited in
pre-nuragic and
nuragic times as evidenced by the presence in the territory of some
nuraghes, and various archaeological evidence.
In the
Middle Ages
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it belonged to the
Judicate of Cagliari and was part of the
curatoria of Sarrabus. At the fall of the giudicato (
1258) it passed under the
Pisan dominion and subsequently (1323) under the
Aragonese dominion. In 1363 the
king of Aragon Pietro IV the Ceremonious incorporated the country in the county of Quirra, given in feud to
Berengario Carroz. In
1603 the county was transformed in
marquisate, as a
feud
A feud , also known in more extreme cases as a blood feud, vendetta, faida, clan war, gang war, private war, or mob war, is a long-running argument or fight, often between social groups of people, especially family, families or clans. Feuds begin ...
first of the Centelles and then of the Osorio de la Cueva, to which it was redeemed in
1839
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The first photograph of the Moon is taken, by French photographer Louis Daguerre.
* January 6 – Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years.
* January 9 – ...
with the suppression of the feudal system.
Demography
Longevity
The town, together with those of
Arzana
Arzana (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari and about west of Tortolì.
Arzana borders the following municipalities: Aritzo, Desulo, Elini, Gairo, ...
and
Villagrande Strisaili in the
Ogliastra area, boasts numerous cases of longevity among its inhabitants, with a high number of over-90s. Emblematic is the fact that the longest-lived family in the world comes from this town: the head of the family Consola Melis in 2014 reached 107 years followed by 8 brothers over 90 and over 80 for a total of 828 years; also, her sister Claudia turned 101 in 2014.
References
External links
Official website
Pro Loco Perdasdefogu
Cities and towns in Sardinia
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