Triei

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Comune di Triei
Coat of arms of Comune di Triei
Municipal coat of arms

Location of Triei in Italy
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Sardinia
Province Ogliastra (OG)
Elevation 140 m (459 ft)
Area 28.5 km² (11 sq mi)
Population (as of Dec. 2004 [1])
 - Total 1,148
 - Density 40/km² (104/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 40°2′N, 9°38′E
Gentilic
Dialing code 0782
Postal code 08040
Frazioni Ardali
Patron Sts. Cosmas and Damian

Triei is a comune (municipality) of c. 1,000 inhabitants in the province of Ogliastra in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 100 km northeast of Cagliari and about 11 km north of Tortolì.

Panorama.
Panorama.

Triei borders the following municipalities: Baunei, Lotzorai, Talana, Urzulei.

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[edit] History

The name "Triei" appears for the first time in a 1316 document, when it was part of the Giudicato of Cagliari. Later it was part of the Giudicato of Gallura, and then was under Pisa, the Aragonese (1323), Spain (1479), Austria (1708) and Piedmont (1720).

In the Osono plateau existed once the village of Osono, known in 1217.

[edit] Main sights

  • The Nuraghe Tomb of the Giants (Tomba dei Giganti), discovered in 1989.
  • Church of San Cosma e Damiano (16th-17th centuries)

[edit] Demographic evolution

[edit] References

  1. ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.