Sassari .. the most beautiful and oldest Italian cities

Sassari is one of the most beautiful and oldest cities in Italy and one of the Italian island of Sardinia charming cities, which is nearby islands of France and North Africa. Although small, which does not include more than 130 thousand in population, it is the island’s second city and capital of the province that bears her name.
And positioned in the beautiful north-eastern part of the island, to be an excellent tourist destination within the island and away from the noise, of course, resorts and tourist beaches modern. It is said that this ancient city has the best collection of art on the island and different historical periods, and the oldest University, the University of Sassari, which was established by the Jesuits in the second half of the sixteenth century, one of the groups known in the field of law studies. Add to that the library has a huge collection of ancient historical documents, some of which date back to the tenth century.

Available information indicates that the city’s history and its beginnings back to the Middle Ages, as established by the Romans residents who were sateled in the port known as «Porto Torres». This was the site of the largest sites on the island population at the time, but attacks from the sea led them displaced towards the interior. The mention of the town in the local language «Tathari» in one of the documents dating back to the twelfth century in the monastery of St. Peter. It is said that the current name of the city of Sassari is the name that was used during the rule of the Spaniards in the fourteenth century and beyond. But before that city was the station for immigrants and settlers and local Phoenicians, Romans, and there are lots of antiques and primitive as well as effects on the Romanian city, where archaeologists found the remains and bones (fossils) a type of monkey species dating back to 9 million years ago. It says the free encyclopedia on the issue of the island’s history record, it was occupied in the second half of the twelfth century as the city attracts many of the settlers, but in the thirteenth century the city followed to the Republic of Pisa, despite the relative independence.

Of course, the entire region and city in particular was under the hit-and-run wars and competition between the people of Genoa, Pisa and the people who estublished an independent republics for many years. In the year 1294 Genoa defeated Pisa in the battle of Meloria and liberate the city again. And has become the first free municipality in Sardinia and had the laws of their own, allied with Genoa, which was pleased to see the city out of control Pisans. Perhaps the city legal fame spread in the early fourteenth century, where local laws have enjoyed relatively lenient laws on unfair and harsh, as was prevalent in Europe and Italy in the Middle Ages.

And after the hit and run between the local colonial Italian from Genoa and Pisa and others, came close to the role of the Spanish, where the city was handed appears to have Aloragun in 1323 was controlled in spite of a considerable number of revolutions during the subsequent years. After many failed attempts at invasion by the people of Genoa, by sea, captured by the so-called «Brankay» periodically and Marianus Arborea fifth governor of the capital at the time, be restored by the Aragonese early fifteenth century and ending the Spanish end of the barn under the fifteenth century. The period was characterized by the Spanish presence in the city, the economic and political corruption have also suffered twice the spread of plague, the Spanish presence in the years 1528 and 1652, but the French were the Spaniards occupied the lookout for the city in the second decade of the sixteenth century.

 

The city joined the modern Kingdom of Italy the end of the nineteenth century. The population of the ancient city celebrating a religious Each year, the memory of those who died of plague in 1582 through the Festival of «candles holders». Is called the festival this name because the people and citizens carrying candles on the long and huge timber before reaching the Church of St. Maria is well known. In this it must be mentioned here that the city is witnessing an annual festival called «Cavalcata Sarada» one of the largest island of Sardinia festivals that take place in one of the last month of May (May). Usually involved citizens to wear traditional clothes and riding horses decorated and brilliant.

It also includes the city is also a festival of newly Cinema was founded in 2006, and is the most important festivals of the island to the seventh art. Usually shows films, documentaries, animation and other worlds of film, television and various schools. The city is also archaeological sites and important tourist site, led by Al-Ahram old, known as «Monte Diacodi» remnants of a ancient pyramids scalable architecture. And also of the Abbey Church of St. Maria de Bitlam which is one of the oldest churches of Italy, dating from the thirteenth century until the nineteenth century, so has the art, methods and different models of Gothic architecture, Italian, Spanish and others. Dome was built in the nineteenth century by a local architect named Antonio Cano.

It is important architectural features of the city that tourists can not be ignored is the «Fountain Rozilu», which includes a statue of St. Javino one of the effects left by the artisans and artists of Genoa, while in the island in 1606. It is important artifacts in the city, the main arena at the old so-called «de Pisa, Italy», it is surrounded by major architectural monuments, palaces and sites that he had been living family members of the Savoy monarchy. It is also difficult for tourists to ignore the old city wall, which was left of the towers and thirty-six more than 6 towers were built in the thirteenth century. Still contains the remnants of a fence, the old Spanish forts that were destroyed the end of the nineteenth century, were discovered last year. And are fond of street and the worlds of old European and Italian, there is Corso Vittorio Iimanouelle in the oldest neighborhoods of the city. The road is known from the streets through which to identify the city on the worlds of traditional architecture and buildings such as theaters, homes and shops. The city is home to small, a good number of museums including, Archaeological Museum, known as «Museum PGA SANA», the Museum «Bregata Sassari» History Museum, «Giuseppe Biasi» Hall of Arts and Macedo of Modern Art, the Museum «Kandilleri» Mario J. Cicerone and a technical own. Add to that, a private museum of science and technology in conjunction with a number of colleges and universities. Key Sassari Hotels: Hotel «Marini» (Hotel Marini) Address: Via Pietro Nenni, 2, 07100 Sassari – 4 star – 68 room price starting from 56 euros per night. Of good hotels in the city, especially the middle region surrounded by greenery and trees. A small hotel, equipped with Internet access, air-conditioned air is necessary. In addition to the conference room, room is good sized and traditional furnishings. The hotel has a restaurant known traditional restaurants in which to identify the traditional kitchen Alsrdini excellent.

Hotel «Vittorio Emanuele» (Hotel Vittorio Emanuele) Address: Corso Vittorio Emanuele 100/102, 07100 Sassari of category 3 Stars – 44 rooms from 54 euros per night. This hotel is one of the hotels small and beautiful and well-known in the city, which is a masterpiece of traditional architecture can not be ignored. Have been working on the development of the hotel four years ago and equipped with various types of modern services, particularly telecommunications and the Internet. It is also a good hotel for business for its services convenient and an opportunity to get to know most of the city tourist and archaeological sites.

 
Hotel «Carlo Felice» (Hotel Carlo Felice) – Address: Via Carlo Felice N ° 43, 07100 Sassari of category 4 Stars Number of rooms: 74 from 50 euros – part of a chain of hotels this hotel has the city’s hotels allocated to the high and excellent services, so not far from the middle. The hotel restaurant also offers excellent food, well-known international and traditional Italian food, especially Sardinian countryside.