Sorgono

Sorgono lies in the interior of Sardinia, in the upland district of Mandrolisai. In the Middle Ages it belonged to the giudicato of Arborea and served as a centre of the district. The settlement appears in a regional list of inhabited places in 1338.

After Arborea's defeat, Sorgono passed under Aragonese rule. In 1507 it shared a privilege with other Mandrolisai villages: the crown chose a local official from three candidates presented annually by the inhabitants. The rural sanctuary of San Mauro, built in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, became a centre of worship and popular festivities.