title: Orotelli
text: # Orotelli
  
  Orotelli (Sardinian: Oroteddi) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of Cagliari and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Nuoro.
  
  Orotelli borders the following municipalities: Bono, Bottidda, Illorai, Oniferi, Orani.
  
  ## History
  
  Human presence in the area is testified as early as the Nuragic period. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Giudicato of Torres and then of that of Arborea, until falling to the Aragonese.
  
  ## Main sights
  
  * Parish church of San Giovanni Battista (1116), originally in Romanesque style. It has a 14th-century bell tower with a bas-relief decoration including figures and arcane symbols.
  * Several nuraghes and Giants' graves
  