What is Siligo?
{{Infobox Italian comune | image_shield = Siligo-Stemma.png | official_name = Comune di Siligo | region = [[Sardinia]] | name = Siligo | province = [[Province of Sassari|Sassari]] (SS) | elevation_m = 452 | area_total_km2 = 43.6 | population_as_of = 2020 | population_total = 813 | coordinates = {{coord|40|35||N|08|44||E|display=inline,title}} | area_code = 079 | postal_code = 07040 | population_demonym = Silighesi | saint = [[St. Victoria]] | day = December 23 | mayor = Giovanni Porcheddu (since October 2020) | website = [http://www.comunesiligoit www.comunesiligo.it] |}} '''Siligo''' is a [[city]] in the [[region]] of [[Logudoro]] in northern [[Sardinia]], [[Italy]]. [[File:Monte Santu e Monte S. Antonio (Pelau), Siligo, Sardinia.jpg|250px|thumb|The [[mesa]]s of [[Monte Santo (Siligo)|Monte Santo]] and Monte Pelau]] Siligo is next to the following municipalities: [[Ardara]], [[Banari]], [[Bessude]], [[Bonnanaro]], [[Codrongianos]], [[Florinas]], [[Mores]], [[Ploaghe]]. ==Main sights== *Archeological site of [[Monte sant'Antoni]]: a prehistoric [[Federal Nuragic Sanctuary]] *Archeological site of [[Mesumundu]]: 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 [[Abbey of Montecassino|Montecassino]]. *Church of ''[[Santi Elia ed Enoch]]'': built on the top of the Monte Santo and modified by Benedictine monks after 1065. ==Notable people== *[[Maria Carta]] (1934-1994), [[folk singer]] and [[actress]] *[[Gavino Ledda]], author of an autobiographical work ''[[Padre padrone]]'' (1975) == References == {{reflist}} {{Province of Sassari}} [[Category:Communes of the Province of Sassari]]