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Villaputzu is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 45 km northeast of Cagliari. It is located in a short plain created by the Flumendosa's mouth, next to the Sarrabus hill.
Villaputzu borders the following municipalities: Armungia, Arzana, Ballao, Escalaplano, Jerzu, Muravera, Perdasdefogu, San Vito, Ulassai, Villasalto.
Villaputz and the Sarrabus are considered the birthplace of the launeddas musical instrument.It is found in the shelter of the hills of Sarrabus, in a flood tract at the mouth of the Flumendosa. The surrounding countryside is rich in natural attractions: mountains, holm oaks and junipers, corbezzoli and filiree, in the middle of which live partridges, hares and wild pigs; whereas the area of the marshes and swamps and at the mouths of the water courses are rich in rushes, mats, tamarici, cane and willows, folaghe, germani reali, herons and other valuable examples. The two mines of "Gibbas" and "S'Acqua Arrubia", abundant at the beginning of the century, were rich in silver and silver nickel. Of geological interest there is also "IS Angurtidorgius" the carsica grotto the largest on Sardinia. Testifying to the human sediment already in the III millenium B.C. is the domus de janas, but more numerous are the remains of the nuragica age. The Phoeniceoans founded, near the estuary of Flumendosa, a river port from 600 B.C., Sarcapos, singled out by the height of Santa Maria. In the territory of Villaputzu there is testimony also of the ages of the Vandals and Byzantine, thanks to the discovery of ceramic from the VI-VII centuries A.D. In the Middle Ages, with the name "Villa Pupus", it was part of the curatory of Sarrabus, in Giudicato of Cagliari. Following the fall of the Giudicato of Cagliari, the territory wa expropriated by the Gallura and Giovanni Visconti also took possession of the Castle of Quirra. The Castle was in the middle of the events and central to the fight between the Aragons and the Giudicato of Arborea, and is interwoven the story of Villaputzu. In 1323, the territory and the Castle going back to the XII century, was given in feud to Berengario Carroz. For its coastal position it suffered diverse raids by the Moors, of which was defended thanks to the Tower of Porto Corallo, constructed by the Spanish in the XVI century, and the Fortress of Gibas. At the foot of the Castle of Quirra, of which remain few ruins, it is possible to admire the small Roman church of San Nicola of Quirra. Around the town dominates the parrochial church of San Giorgio, in gothic-catalanian style.
The bay of Porto Corallo and the beach of Quirra are the coastal gems of Villaputzu, while the countryside is very fertile, because it lies to the north of the Flumendosa estuary, on a small sun-kissed plain. All round the village are rocky outcrops and torrents, with dense woods of ilex, myrtle and strawberry trees, home to the rare griffon vulture.The territory of Villaputzu is attractive and varied, offering a medley of all the attractions of southern Sardinia: at Is Paulatzas, crystal clear waterfalls burble until the month of May amongst the granite rocks and pink oleanders; in the hinterland are abandoned mines; along the coast, to the north of the village, is the Quirra lagoon, stretching behind the long deserted beach.The area of Quirra in part comes under a military easement and has thus been preserved from beach resort development. Quirra is the ideal place for lovers of “no-kiosk beaches”; the lagoon is home to flamingos, heron, swans and the other bird species inhabiting the 10 lagoons of southern Sardinia.
A marina, overlooked by a Spanish tower (16th century) has recently been constructed in the historic mooring area from which, starting from the 17th century, divers set out to harvest coral; subsequently it was used to load the minerals and metals mined in the Sarrabus (silver, lead, antimony, fluorite and barite).The first peoples to settle in the fertile territory of Villaputzu were the proto-Sardinians who in the 3rd millennium BC built the rock-cut tombs (domus de janas) of Is Angurtidorgius. In the 7th century BC, the Phoenicians founded the settlement of Sàrcapos just outside today’s village: the ruins of the acropolis can still be seen on the hill of S. Maria.The historic nucleus of Villaputzu developed round the parish church of San Giorgio but the greatest architectural gem of the town lies to the north, at km 83 of state road 125: the beautiful isolated church of San Nicola di Quirra, a rare example of Romanesque architecture built entirely in red brick, between the 13th and 14th centuries.From the church can be seen the high spur crowned by the ruins of the Castle of Quirra (about 1150), which is reached by a signposted footpath. The effort of the steep uphill walk is amply repaid by the spectacular view over the long beach and deep blue sea.

Villaputzu (in sardo Biddeputzi) è un comune di 5.090 abitanti della provincia di Cagliari, nella regione del Sarrabus; è parte della diocesi dell'Ogliastra.
Il comune di Villaputzu è situato a 8 metri sul livello del mare. Il territorio comunale si estende per Ha. 17.429 e confina con i Comuni di Muravera, San Vito, Tertenia e Perdasdefogu. Il centro è situato in un breve tratto pianeggiante creato da depositi alluvionali della foce del Flumendosa, a ridosso delle colline del Sarrabus.
Interessante il patrimonio culinario con is culirgionis, is malloreddus, gli arrosti di carne e di pesce e di dolci tipici come is pardulas, is pabassinas, gli amaretti e i formaggi del luogo. Una menzione particolare meritano i dolcissimi agrumi di cui il paese va giustamente fiero.
Villaputzu ha annoverato tra i suoi cittadini alcuni tra i maggiori maestri di launeddas del passato ed ancora oggi può vantare giovani ma valenti suonatori di questo strumento.Probabilmente di antica fondazione nuragica, Villaputzu ha le sue maggiori espressioni nelle località di Cala Murtas e Quirra, dove in un ambiente selvaggio e roccioso si nascondono amene spiaggette strette tra scogli e vegetazione mediterranea. La Torre di Murtas, datata fine XVII sec., è tra le torri costiere meglio conservate della zona. Nella località di Quirra si trova il castello (XII sec.), dei Conti Carroz, e la chiesa di S. Nicola (XIII sec.) raro esempio di edificio tardoromanico in cotto presente sull'isola. A circa 4 km. da Villaputzu, si trova la località turistica di Porto Corallo, con bel porticciolo di circa 400 posti barche, e una bella spiaggia su cui guarda una torre spagnola.

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