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In the municipality of the province of Cagliari Villaputzu has about five thousand inhabitants.
As part of the rich region of Sarrabus borders the municipalities of Muravera, San Vito, and Tertenia Perdasdefogu. The heart of the village lies in a fertile plain area, created by alluvial deposits at the mouth of the river Flumendosa, and the country has embraced behind the rolling hills of Sarrabus.
Located about 78 km from Cagliari, the country can be easily reached by car on a trip of about an hour.
The trip could prove torturous at times, but the trip will pay off by giving scenarios and enchanting landscapes.
Villaputzu reached, in the Sardinian language Biddeputzi advise that you first visit the quaint old town where you can admire the small church of Santa Brigida originally built with an exquisite Gothic aragonese now hardly recognizable because of the constant rehashes many centuries.
To visit the church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, which was built in the seventeenth century, rich inside with precious works of art and the church of St. Nicholas of Chirra.
Its construction dates from around 1100 and still the Romanesque style is easily visible.
Now only the ruins remain of what was once the imposing Castle Chirra.
The structure was built in the thirteenth century in a strategic position was once one of the safest and most impregnable fortresses of the island.
Will close the tour the beautiful tower of Porto Coral, built in the sixteenth century to guard the coast perennially attacked by invaders from the sea.
Among the most beautiful beaches of the Coral Harbour, surrounded by lush green vegetation and a sea of pure crystal.
Villaputzu also offers its visitors a charming marina capable of holding about 400 boats.
The service is available 24 hours a 24 made the port one of the most efficient in the area.
Inspired by events very often the characteristic harbor annually hosts fairs, performances by folk groups and dialect poets, and performers launeddas.
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