Sassari (province) - Sassari (Provinz)

The Sassari Province extends in the north of the island Sardinia from the Sardinian Sea in the west to the Tyrrhenian Sea in the east.

Regions

The province is divided into the regions Sassarese, Nurra (up to the Asinara peninsula), Romangia, Anglona and Galluria in the north and Meilogu and Monteacuto further south.

places

• 40.7266666666678.55916666666671 Sassari - the provincial capital
• 40.9166666666679.52 Olbia - The port city on the east coast with the ferry port is the gateway to Sardinia for many visitors
• 40.568.3153 Alghero - Medieval town on the Sardinian Sea
• 40.8369444444448.40138888888894 Porto Torres - Ferry port on the north (west) coast

• 41.214249.408335 La Maddalena
• 40.70380619.70710756 Budoni
• 40.9144444444448.71277777777787 Castelsardo
• 40.59075328.56950768 Ittiri
• 40.58487069.00328529 Ozieri
• 40.7722229.67111110 San Teodoro

• 40.9377998.22764411 Stintino at Capo Falcone, from here the ferry connections to the island go Asinara
• 40.90147959.104361512 Tempio Pausania
• 40.88.56666713 Sorso
• 40.92816988.824596414 Valledoria

Other goals

• Cheremule with the Necropoli di Museddu or Moseddu
• Torralba with the archaeological sites of the Valle dei Nuraghi, the Nuraghe Santu Antine, in the neighboring village Borutta the Cathedral San Pietro di Sorres.
• the Pisan country churches of Codrongianos

background

The north of the island Sardinia The province that covers it is the largest province in terms of area with 7,692 km² Italys and has almost 500,000 inhabitants.

The province was founded in 1859, before the Kingdom of Italy was founded, and the seat of government is in the provincial capital Sassari in the Palazo della Provincia. A change in the provincial division resulted in 2005 when the province of Olbia-Tempio was split off from the province of Sassari; The dissatisfaction of the population with the new provincial division and a court ruling that the government had disregarded the autonomy statute of the island of Sardinia led to a referendum in 2012, so that in 2016 the historical provincial division was largely restored. The provinces of Olbia-Tempio, Medio Campidano, Ogliastra and Carbonia-Iglesias were a thing of the past.

language

The province of Sassari is characterized by a typical Sardinian linguistic diversity: in the large towns and the southern regions of the province, that part of the Sardinian language family Logudorese spoken, in the northeast in Galluria Galluresis and in the northwest Sassaresebelonging to the Corsican language family. Around Alghero has the one related to Spanish Catalan dialect receive.

getting there

The most significant Airports in the province are the Olbia Airport (Aeroporto di Olbia-Costa Smeralda)40.90139.5161 OLBType is group designation in the east and the Alghero Airport (Aeroporto di Alghero-Fertilia)40.63038.29342 AHOType is group designation.

The most important Ferry ports are

• 40.92319.52123 OlbiaType is group designation located in the northeast of the island

• Genoa, Ferry connections through Moby Lines (12x / week) and Tirrenia (5x / week), approx. 10 hours
• Livorno (Height of Pisa), ferry connections through Moby Lines (14x / week) and Grimaldi Lines (14x / week), approx. 7 - 8 hours
• Piombino (between Livorno and Rome), ferry connections through Moby Lines (7x / week), approx. 5 - 6 hours
• Civitavecchia at Rome, Ferry connections through Moby Lines and Tirrenia

• 40.99469.62354 Golfo AranciType is group designation, small ferry port a little north of Olbia

• Livorno (Height of Pisa), ferry connections through Sardinia Ferries (16x / week), approx. 6½ hours
• Piombino (between Livorno and Rome), ferry connections through Sardinia Ferries (6x / week), approx. 6½ hours
• Porto Vecchio on Corsica, Ferry connections through Sardinia Ferries (5x / week), approx. 3 hours
• Nice in South France, Ferry connections through Sardinia Ferries (2x / week), approx. 12 hours

• 41.23819.19445 Santa Teresa di GalluraType is group designation located in the north of the island

• Bonifacio, Ferry connections through Moby Lines (4x / day) and BluNavy (4x / day), approx. 1 hour

• 40.84158.39226 Porto TorresType is group designation located in the northwest of the island

• Genoa, Ferry connections through Grandi Navi Veloci (5x / week) and Tirrenia (9x / week), approx. 12 hours
• Civitavecchia at Rome, Ferry connections through Grimaldi Lines (5x / week), approx. 7½ hours
• Barcelona (E), ferry connections through Grimaldi Lines (5x / week), approx. 12 hours
• Porto Vecchio and Ajaccio on Corsica, Ferry connections through Sardinia Ferries (once a week), approx. 3½ hours
• Toulon in South France, Ferry connections through Sardinia Ferries (3x / week), approx. 7 hours
• Marseille in South France, one ferry connection each through Corsica Linea and La Méridionale per week

mobility

The main railway connections are those of the state railway company Ferrovie dello Stato / Trenitalia operated main axes of Porto Aranci resp. Olbia in the east over Macomer, Oristano to the island capital Cagliari on the south coast, and the branch line across Sassari to Porto Torres in the northwest. In addition to an extensive bus network, the arst / Trasporti Regionali della Sardegna the railroad connection from Sassari to Alghero as well as from Macomer to Nuoro. A tourist narrow-gauge railway line of the (Trenino Verde runs between Sassari - Tempio - Palau in the north and from Macomer to Bosa in the West.

The most important Expressways roughly follow the course of the railway lines. The one that is currently being expanded to become a motorway represents between Olbia and the west the connection to for sure. The most important north-south connection in western Sardinia, the is also partly expanded to four lanes and runs from Porto Torres above Sassari (which is bypassed) over Macomer and Oristano to Cagliari down.

Tourist Attractions

• The province of Sassari has one of the greatest densities of Stone Age nuraghi buildings.
• The coastal region of the Costa Smeralda, the emerald coast, with its dream bays
• The national park areas of the island Asinara (Parco Nazionale dell'Asinara), the island Maddalena (Parco Nazionale Arcipelago di La Maddalena), of Parco Regionale di Porto Conte with the stalactite cave Grotte di Nettuno as well as the marine reserve Area Marina Protetta Tavolara - Punta Coda Cavallo and the former ore mining areas in Argentiera.
• The medieval old town of Algherowhere a Catalan dialect has also been preserved.

activities

• For swimming, diving and sailing there are magnificent beaches on all the coasts of the province, for which Sardinia is known.

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