Oristano ) is an Italian city and comune (municipality), the capital of the Province of Oristano in the central-western part of the island of Sardinia. It is located on the northern part of the Campidano plain. It was established as the provincial capital on 16 July 1974. As of December 2017, the city had 31,671 inhabitants.
The province of Oristano is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Oristano. It has an area of 3,040 square kilometres (1,170 sq mi), a total population of 160,746 (2016), and a population density of 53.7 people per square kilometer. There are 87 comuni in the province.
Ales is a small town in the province of Oristano on the island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea. It lies on the eastern slopes of Mount Arci. This area is the only Sardinian source of obsidian.
Tharros was an ancient city and former bishopric on the west coast of Sardinia, Italy.
Santa Giusta is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region of Sardinia, located about 90 kilometres northwest of Cagliari and about 3 km (2 mi) southeast of Oristano in the Campidano area.
Uras is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northwest of Cagliari and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Oristano. As of 8 July 2022, it had a population of 2,714 and an area of 39.4 square kilometres (15.2 sq mi).
The Archdiocese of Oristano is a Latin archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Sardinia, Italy. It was created in the eleventh century. Its only suffragan is the Diocese of Ales-Terralba.
The Aquae Neapolitanae or Aquae Calidae Neapolitanorum are springs and their adjoining population nucleus mentioned by Ptolemy as well as in the Antonine Itinerary, which places them at a considerable distance inland from Neapolis, on the road from Othoca to Caralis, Sardinia, Italy. They are identified with the mineral sources now known as the Bagni di Sardara, on the high road from Cagliari to Oristano.
The Diocese of Tempio-Ampurias is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Sardinia, Italy. Until 1986 it was known as Diocese of Ampurias e Tempio. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sassari
The Diocese of Ales-Terralba is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in Sardinia, Italy. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Oristano.
The Diocese of Alghero-Bosa is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari, on Sardinia, insular Italy.
The Diocese of Ozieri s a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Sardinia, Italy. It is a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari.
Santa Giusta Cathedral, now a minor basilica is the former cathedral of the abolished Diocese of Santa Giusta, in Santa Giusta, province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy. The dedication is to Saint Justa of Cagliari who, according to the tradition, was martyred here at the time of the Roman emperor Diocletian, with her companions Saints Justina and Aenidina. Almost entirely built in sandstone, it is considered one of the most important examples of Sardinian Romanesque architecture.
The Gulf of Oristano is a gulf in the Sardinian Sea, near Oristano, in the western Sardinian coast.
The Giara di Gesturi, Sardinian: Sa Jara Manna, is a high, steep-sided basaltic plateau which extends for about 42 km2 (16 sq mi) in the districts (comuni) of Gesturi, Tuili and Setzu in the province of Medio Campidano, and Genoni in the province of Oristano, in the southern central part of the island of Sardinia, Italy.
Ales Cathedral is the parish church of Ales, a small town in the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, and the cathedral of the diocese of Ales-Terralba. The dedication is to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
Sergio Pintor was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate, who served as a Diocesan Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ozieri. Msgr Pintor had previously served as director of the CEI's office for the pastoral outreach in health care, during the presidency of Cardinal Ruini.
The National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari is a museum in Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy).
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Snows is the main place of Roman Catholic worship in Nuoro, Sardinia, and the cathedral church of the diocese of Nuoro.
Frà Antonio Cano (1779–1840) was a sculptor, architect, and lay friar of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
