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Provinces of Sardinia: Sassari

The city lies 225 m. above sea level on a stretch of low ground sloping towards the Gulf of Asinara, in the Nurra, Anglona and Logudoro hills. Apart from the historical centre, with its typically medieval twisting layout, Sassari is built to a neat square plan.
Once an ancient settlement called Tathari, its importance increased in the 12th century to such an extent that it became capital of the Torres Giudicato, contended by Pisa
and Genoa. It became a comune in 1236, though Pisa and later Genoa imposed limitations on its autonomy, and was taken over by Aragon together with the rest of the island in 1323, then passed directly under the rule of the Spanish Crown, when it gradually declined. It became part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, under the House of Savoy.

Its monuments include: the Duomo (12th-13th century), of Romanesque origins with Baroque façade in Spanish colonial style and Aragonese-Gothic interior (end-15th century), the church of S. Maria di Betlem (13th century) ... Read More...