Abbasanta (Italian: [abbaˈsanta; -ˈzan-], Sardinian: [ˌabaˈzanta], literally "holy water"; Latin: Ad Medias) is a town and comune in the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy.
The landscape of the lava plateau is characterised by pastures that are enclosed by stone walls that surround the tancas built in the 18th century.
The front room of the house is often a courtyard for chickens, in the centre of which there is the hearth (Sardinian: su foghile), used for hanging and drying cured pork meat.
Many proverbs refer to the values of honesty, friendship, fidelity (of the woman), loyalty, parsimony and obedience to the divine will.
Around the rural church, there are some characteristic small houses (in Sardinian language muristenes or cumbessias) that host the pilgrims during the religious feasts.