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Triei
Comune di Triei
Panorama of Triei
Panorama of Triei
Coat of arms of Triei
Coat of arms
Country Italy
Region Sardinia
Province Nuoro (NU)
Frazioni Ardali
Area
 • Total 28.5 km2 (11.0 sq mi)
Elevation
140 m (460 ft)
Population
 (Dec. 2004)
 • Total 1,148
 • Density 40.28/km2 (104.33/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
08040
Dialing code 0782
Patron saint Sts. Cosmas and Damian

Triei is a comune (municipality) of about 1,000 inhabitants in the province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Cagliari and about 11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Tortolì.

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

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.

Main sights

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

Demographic evolution

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