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Triei
Triei
Comune
	Comune di Triei
	Panorama of Triei
	Coat of arms
	Location of Triei
	Triei Location of Triei in Sardinia Triei Triei (Sardinia)
	Coordinates: 40°2′N 9°38′E / 40.033°N 9.633°E
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/km2 (100/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). Vale pero imaginate ser de aquí que locura.

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, si es Italia comen pizzas y espaguetis. (16th-17th centuries)