| Tempio Pausania | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Sardinia | |
| Altitude | 566 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 210.82 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 13.826 (2019) | |
| Name inhabitants | Tempiesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 079 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 07029 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | San Paolo Eremita and Virgin of Buoncammino | |
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Tempio Pausania is a city of Gallura, subregion of the Sardinia.
To know
Tempio Pausania is the second city of the Gallura, as well as historical capital together with Calangianus for decades. Capital of the Olbia-Tempio province until 2016 (now provisionally replaced with the Olbia-Tempio Homogeneous Zone, for the autonomous exercise of provincial functions within the province of Sassari), Tempio is the seat of: court (civil and criminal), financial offices, local headquarters of the Revenue Agency and INPS, offices of the Olbia-Tempio Homogeneous Zone, regional offices with provincial jurisdiction, Sardinia Forestry Authority, union of "Alta Gallura" municipalities, Anglona-Gallura library system, Order of Lawyers, Department of Research for Cork and Forestry of the AGRIS Sardinia Agency, bishopric, civil hospital. It has three hamlets: Nuchis, San Pasquale and Bassacutena.
Geographical notes
Tempio Pausania is a town located on a granite plateau of a landscape dominated by Mount Limbara, 566 meters above sea level. The municipal territory of Tempio includes a large area of central Gallura including the entire north-western side of Mount Limbara (as well as the major tip, "Punta Balistreri", which rises to over 1300 m asl), a vast regional industrial area and three fractions.
When to go
The city of Tempio Pausania and its territory have attractions of all kinds and can be visited at any time of the year. The inhabited center is situated at an average of 50 km from the sea.
Background
Inhabited since prehistoric times, the origins of Tempio Pausania are not well known. However, it is known that the Romans, having defeated the local populations, settled in the site of Monti Pinna. Certainly, two small Roman villages stood near Tempio, Gemellae and Templum, over time unified. Gemellae is mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary, while Templum derives from the presence of an ancient temple to Castor and Pollux, the protectors of the legendary Roman garrisons of the area (oppidum of Templum, Calangiani, Luras), whose tradition reports these Dioscuri as the main helpers of the Roman victory over the peoples of Corsi and Balari. The curatoria of Gemini takes its name from the ancient Gemellae, of which Tempio will become the capital. Of it, cited as Templo, it is mentioned for the first time in a document of 1173, but still in 1300 the Villa Temples it is a small town. Under the Pisan government it experienced a period of great splendor and around the end of 1400, following the depopulation of the coasts, the territory was granted as a fief to the powerful Carroz family. In 1506 the bishops' chairs of Civita and Ampurias were unified, in 1543 a Franciscan convent was established and in 1621, after the decline of Olbia following a serious plague and raids by Saracen pirates, it became a bishop's seat. Tempio will become the capital of the Giudicato di Gallura, together with the neighboring one Calangianus. In 1665 there was a college of Piarist fathers and in 1687 a monastery of Capuchin nuns settled there. It obtains municipal autonomy in 1771 and during the nineteenth century it is the fourth Sardinian city. In 1807 it became the seat of the prefecture and in 1836 it was elevated to the rank of Royal City by King Carlo Alberto. In 1874, in Tempio, Giuseppe Garibaldi was elected deputy of the Kingdom. At the beginning of the twentieth century, in honor of the ancient bishopric of Olbia, the name of Phausania was added to Tempio (the word "Phausania" originates from the toponym "Pasana", a river that flows in the Terranova valley and flows into the Gulf of Olbia) and in 1915 the city of Tempio Pausania will give birth to the Sassari Brigade. The municipality of Tempio Pausania was the capital of the Olbia-Tempio province from 2001 to 2016, now suppressed.
How to orient yourself
Tempio Pausania: full screen map.Fractions
How to get
By plane
Tempio Pausania is 48.2 km fromOlbia-Costa Smeralda airport and 99,3 km fromAlghero-Fertilia airport.
By car
Tempio Pausania is:
- 46.5 km from Olbia, passing through the state road 127 Nord Sarda;
- 62.1 km from La Maddalena, passing through the state road 427 Gallura Centrale;
- 73 km from Sassari, passing through the state road 672 Sassari-Tempio;
- 107 km from Alghero, passing through the state road 672 Sassari-Tempio;
- 143.9 km from Nuoro, passing through the state road 131 Central Nuorese branch;
- 250.9 km from Cagliari, passing through E25.
Tempio Pausania is:
- 47.2 km from the port of Olbia, passing through the state road 127 Nord Sarda.
- 56.7 km from the port of Golfo Aranci, passing through the state road 127 Nord Sarda.
On the train
The Tempio station is served by the connections that run along the railway Sassari-Temple-Palau. In addition, in the field of tourism, the Trenino Verde of ARST operates. The national network of Trenitalia manages the railway lines in the section from Olbia to Sassari, with a stop in Tempio Pausania.
By bus
- 1 Railway station Tempio Pausania. The internal square of the Tempio station is used as a depot for ARST buses, whose interurban car connections observe the stop in the plant, which in various cases is the terminus of these connections. Ticket office, waiting room and toilets are fully active. Private buses also stop near the Court and in via Asproni.
How to get around
By public transport
- 2 S.A.U.T. srl, via New Stadium 7, ☎ 39 079 632689, fax: 39 079 670416, @[email protected].
1,00€. S.A.U.T. srl of Tempio offers an efficient urban public transport service.
1,00€. S.A.U.T. srl of Tempio offers an efficient urban public transport service.What see
The city is famous for its buildings with granite facades. Stroll along Corso Matteotti, via Roma (Carrera Longa, Lu Runzatu, Lu Pultali), Piazza d'Italia (Piazza di l'Ara), Parco delle Rimembranze, Fonte Nuova (Funtana Noa) and Parco di San Lorenzo, via Mannu.
- 1 St. Peter's Cathedral. The original building was consecrated in 1219, but in the first half of the nineteenth century it was considerably enlarged and rebuilt in the Genoese Baroque style.
- 2 Oratory of the Rosary. A 15th century chapel with a characteristic Gothic-Aragonese granite facade.
- 3 Church of the Holy Cross. The building was built in the medieval period, presumably in the 13th century, but probably much earlier too.
- 4 House of Nino di Gallura. Remains of the residence attributed (without reason) to Nino (Ugolino) Visconti who was judge of the Giudicato of Gallura (one of the four Sardinian "judged") in the thirteenth century. Dante Alighieri meets him in the eighth "canto" of his "Purgatorio" (Divine Comedy).
- 5 Pes di Villamarina Ancient Seminary Building, Gallura square. Built in the first half of the 17th century. It is one of the oldest residences in the city. Today it houses the Diocesan Museum - "Templense Museum".
- 6 Pes Palace of Villamarina, Sassari Brigade Square. 17th century building, it was the second residence of the Marquises of Villamarina in Tempio.
- 7 Oratory of Purgatory (Church of the Purgatory). The construction of this chapel could be attributed to a powerful local, Gavino Misorro, who had the papal penance built at his own expense in 1679 for killing 18 enemies. His initials are carved in stone. The church houses a large painting attributed to the Marche painter Giuseppe Ghezzi.
- 8 Church of Our Lady of the Pillar (Church of the Pilar). Presumably built between 1641 and 1684.
- 9 Teatro del Carmine. Built in 1929 in Art Nouveau style.
Events and parties
What to do
Museums
- 1 "Bernardo De Muro" Museum (Palazzo degli Scolopi) (Entrance from the Municipal Library). 9:00-19:00. Museum dedicated to the international opera tenor Bernardo De Muro born in this city.
Parks
- 2 Cloister of the Piarists, Piazza del Carmine. Cloister of a former convent. Today it is an occasional venue for public performances.
- 3 Remembrance Park.
- 4 "Fonte Nuova" Park. A small park with a stream flowing over an artificial waterfall.
- 5 Sources of Rinaggiu (In the upper part of the city). Sources of drinking water surrounded by a park.
- 6 San Lorenzo Park. A relatively large park with a small church inside.
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Trattoria "La Gallurese", Via Novara 2. 12: 00-15: 15 and 19: 00-22: 15. Good local food, despite the tourist environment.
Where stay
Safety
How to keep in touch
- 3 Tourist information office, Gallura Square 3, ☎ 39 079 6390080.
Around
- 4 Mount Limbara
- 5 Nuraghe Maiori (Naracu Maiori) (Along the SS 133 for Palau). Two cones with granite structure, dating back to 1400 BC. they have a mixed typology between the corridor nuraghe and the tholos with central corridor and twin rooms.
- 6 Nuraghe Polcu (Naracu Polcu) (Along the SS 133 to Palau). One of the rare examples of "tholos nuraghe" in Gallura, characterized by its internal pseudo dome created by the superimposition of rings of stones that are successively smaller.
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