Perfugas | |
Official Name: | Comune di Perfugas |
Native Name: | Pèifugas |
Pushpin Map: | Italy Sardinia |
Coordinates: | 40.8333°N 61°W |
Region: | Sardinia |
Province: | Sassari (SS) |
Mayor: | Domenico Decandia |
Area Total Km2: | 60.2 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2381 |
Population As Of: | 31 August 2016 |
Population Demonym: | Perfughesi |
Elevation M: | 90 |
Postal Code: | 07034 |
Area Code: | 079 |
Perfugas (Gallurese: Pelfica, Sardinian: Pèifugas) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 180km (110miles) north of Cagliari and about 30km (20miles) northeast of Sassari.
Perfugas borders the following municipalities: Bortigiadas, Bulzi, Chiaramonti, Erula, Laerru, Martis, Santa Maria Coghinas, Tempio Pausania.
Sights include the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli (16th-17tj centuries), home to the so-called retablo of San Giorgio, one of the largest altarpieces in Sardinia, the Catalan Gothic-style church of San Giorgio, and the so-called "Sacred Pit of Predio Canopoli", a nuraghe era archaeological site.