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The Dorias ruled Alghero for centuries, apart from a brief period under the rule of Pisa between 1283 and 1284. Alghero's population later grew because of the arrival of Catalan colonists. In the early 16th century, Alghero received papal recognition as a bishopric and the status of King's City (ciutat de l'Alguer) and developed economically ...
Algherese or Alguerese (autonym: alguerés [alɣaˈɾes]) [b] is the variety of Catalan spoken in the city of Alghero (L'Alguer in Catalan), in the northwest of Sardinia, Italy. The dialect has its roots in 1372, when Catalan-speaking colonists were allowed to repopulate Alghero and expel the native population , after several revolts. [ 2 ]
This is a list of the most famous tourist destinations of Sardinia. Minor islands are included from Olbia , clockwise — industrial sites are not included. Main towns
The nuraghe, or nurhag, [1] is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardinia, Italy, developed during the Nuragic Age between 1900 and 730 BC. [2] Today it has come to be the symbol of Sardinia and its distinctive culture known as the Nuragic civilization. More than 7,000 nuraghes have been found, though archeologists believe ...
The necropolis of Santu Pedru is an archaeological site of the municipality of Alghero, Sardinia. Located near the road to Uri , the necropolis consists of 10 Domus de Janas tombs. [ 1 ] Dating back to the pre-Nuragic period (third millennium BC), the burial site was used for about a millennium by the cultures of Ozieri , Abealzu-Filigosa ...
Whoopi Goldberg, 68, has a vacation home in Sardinia, Italy, the first designated "Blue Zone." Goldberg compared living in Sardinia to the US, where people are often stressed.
Alghero was built by the Doria of Genoa in 1102. In 1106 John, Bishop of Alghero, assisted at the consecration of the Church of the Trinity in Saccargia.. After a long period, the see was renewed and confirmed by Pope Julius II in his Papal Bull of 8 December 1503, splitting its territory off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sassari, from the suppressed Roman Catholic Diocese of Bisarcio ...
Fertilia was built by the Fascist government of Italy in the 1930s, after the draining of the marshes which covered the area. It was originally populated by immigrants from north east Italy (Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia) and by Istrian and Dalmatian exiles after the second world war.