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 Frances...
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