Iglesias

Iglesias (Sardinian :Igrèsias) (pop. 29,075) is a comune of Carbonia-Iglesias province in Sardinia, Italy. Situated at 190 m (620 ft) in the hills in the southwest of Sardinia, it was a centre of a mining district, with lead, zinc, and silver being extracted, as well as for the distillation of sulfuric acid. Today 48 % of the population of Iglesias is unemployed.

Iglesias' cathedral dates from 1288, the castle from 1325; the Church of San Francesco is from the 15th century and a fine example of Gothic architecture.

The municipality had a population of 28,170 inhabitants at the 2001 census. Its land area is 207.63 km² (80.166 sq mi). It is the co-capital of the province of Carbonia-Iglesias (along with Carbonia) as well as its second-largest community.

Points of interest

Giardino Montano Linasia, a nature preserve and botanical garden

Translation

The word "Iglesias" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, Esperanto, Basque, French, Galician, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Neapolitan, Norwegian (Nynorsk), Piedmontese, Swedish, Tarantino, Volapük, Waray-Waray.

Translation(s) in other languages: Aragonese: Igrèsias, Catalan: Esglésies, Spanish: Iglesias (Italia), Latin: Ecclesia (urbs), Japanese: イグレージアス, Polish: Iglesias (miejscowość), Portuguese: Iglesias (Itália), Russian: Иглезиас, Sardinian: Igrèsias, Ukrainian: Іглезіас.