Siligo
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Siligo
| official_name = Comune di Siligo
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| image_skyline = 450px-Siligo. Panorama da su Runaghe.JPG
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| image_shield = Siligo-Stemma.png
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| pushpin_map = Italy Sardinia
| coordinates = {{coord|40|35|N|8|44|E|type:city(990)_region:IT|display=inline}}
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| region = Sardinia
| province = Sassari (SS)
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| mayor = Giovanni Porcheddu
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 43.45
| population_footnotes = Istat{{in lang|it}} [http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2020gen/index.html Dato Istat] .
| population_total = 725
| population_as_of = 30 May 2024
| pop_density_footnotes = [https://demo.istat.it/app/?i=D7B]
| population_demonym = Silighesi
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 400
| saint = St. Victoria
| day = 23 December
| postal_code = 07040
| area_code = 079
| website = {{official website|http://www.comunesiligo.it/}}
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Siligo is a comune (municipality) in the region of Logudoro - Meilogu in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about {{convert|160|km|mi}} north of Cagliari and about {{convert|25|km|mi}} southeast of Sassari.
File:Monte Santu e Monte S. Antonio (Pelau), Siligo, Sardinia.jpgs of Monte Santo and Monte Pelau.]]
Siligo borders the following municipalities: Ardara, Banari, Bessude, Bonnanaro, Codrongianos, Florinas, Mores, Ploaghe.
Main sights
- Archeological site of Monte sant'Antoni: a prehistoric Federal Nuragic Sanctuary
- Mesumundu Archaeological Park: an old Roman area and medieval
- Church of Nostra Segnora de Mesumundu, built in the Byzantine age (6th century AD) upon the ruins of a Roman baths (2nd century AD). The church was modified after 1065 by the Benedictine monks of Montecassino.
- Church of Santi Elia ed Enoch: built on the top of the Monte Santo and modified by Benedictine monks after 1065.
People
- Gavino Contini (1855-1915), poet
- Rita Livesi, (1915), actress
- Efisio Arru, (1927-2000), scientist
- Maria Carta (1934-1994), folk singer and actress
- Gavino Ledda, author of an autobiographical work Padre padrone (1975)
References
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Category:Cities and towns in Sardinia
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