Città di Alghero Ciutat de l'Alguer
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Sardinia
Province	Sassari (SS)
Mayor	Marco Tedde (since June 10, 2002)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Area	224.43 km² (87 sq mi)
Population (as of December 31, 2004)
- Total	40,257
- Density	171.12/km² (443/sq mi)
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	40°33′N, 08°19′E
Gentilic	Algheresi
Dialing code	079
Postal code	07041
Frazioni	Sant'Agostino, Il Carmine, La Pivarada, Fertilia, Santa Maria La Palma, Porto Conte
Patron	St. Michael
- Day	September 29
Website: www.comune.alghero.ss.it

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Alghero (l'Alguer in Catalan and S'Alighèra in Sardinian), is a town of about 42,000 inhabitants (down from 54,300 inhabitants since early 20th century) in Italy. It lies in the province of Sassari in north-western Sardinia. Image File history File links Alghero-Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... For the place in the United States, see Sardinia, Ohio. ... In Italy, a province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... Sassari (It. ... is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... 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History

The area of today's Alghero was settled since pre-historical times. The so-called Ozieri culture was present here in the 4th millennium BCE while the nuraghe civilization was present from around 1500 BC for, and traces of Phoenician buildings have been found not far from the city. Su Nuraxi, Barumini, Sardinia Central tower of the Nuraghe at Saint Antine of Torralba Su Nurraxi. ... Phoenicia (or Phenicia ,[1] from Biblical Phenice [1]) was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coast of modern day Lebanon and Syria. ...

Alghero was founded around 1102 by the Genoese Doria family, as a fortified port. The Doria ruled it for centuries, apart from a brief period under the rule of Pisa (1283-1284). In 1353 it was captured by the Aragonese under Bernardo de Cabrera, and could later grow thanks to the arrival of Catalan colonists: in the early 16th century Alghero received the status of King's City (ciutat de l'Alguer) and developed economically. Doria, originally de Auria (from de filiis Auriae), meaning the sons of Auria, and then de Oria or dOria, is the name of an old Genoese family whose history is indistiguishable from that of the Republic of Genoa from the 12th century to the 16th century. ... Coat of arms of the King of Aragon, 15th century. ... Bernardo de Cabrera (1289—1364) was an Aragonese nobleman, diplomat, and military commander. ...

The Catalano-Aragonese were followed by Habsburg Spain, whose dominion, ended in 1702, brought some decadence to the city. In 1720 Alghero and Sardinia were handed over to Piedmont. Around 1750 a wide channel was excavated to improve the defensive stand of the peninsula. In 1821 famine led to a revolt of the population, which was bloodily suppressed. At the end of the same century Alghero was de-militarized and, during the Fascist era, part of the surrounding marshes was reclaimed and the suburbs of Fertilia and S.M. La Palma were founded, although the presence of malaria in the countryside could be overcome only in the 1950s. During World War II (1943) Alghero was bombed, its historical center suffering heavy damage. For other uses, see Piedmont (disambiguation). ... Fascism is an authoritarian political ideology (generally tied to a mass movement) that considers individual and other societal interests subordinate to the needs of the state, and seeks to forge a type of national unity, usually based on, but not limited to, ethnic, cultural, or racial attributes. ... Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

After the end of the war Alghero became a popular tourist resort.

Ecclesiastical History

The diocese comprises twenty-two communes in the province of Sassari and four in that of Cagliari, and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Sassari. In 1106 John, Bishop of Alghero, assisted at the consecration of the Church of the Trinity in Saccargia. After a long period of decadence, the see was renewed and confirmed by Julius II in his Papal Bull of 1503. Pietro Parens, a Genoese, became bishop. A bishop is an ordained person who holds a specific position of authority in any of a number of Christian churches. ... Country Italy Region Sardinia Province Sassari (SS) Mayor Gianfranco Ganau (since May 2005) Elevation 225 m Area 546. ... Pope Julius II Julius II, né Giuliano della Rovere (December 5, 1443 - February 21, 1513), was pope from 1503 to 1513. ... Papal bull of Pope Urban VIII, 1637, sealed with a leaden bulla. ... Year 1503 (MDIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...

Language

A minority of people in Alghero speak a Catalan dialect, introduced when Catalan invaders repopulated the town after expelling the autochthonous Sardinian population in 1372. Catalan was replaced as the official language by Spanish in the seventeenth century, then by Italian. The most recent linguistic research conducted showed that 22.4% of the population speak Algherese Catalan as a first language and around 90% have some understanding of the language. Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia , and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... The term Sardinian can refer to either: Sardinia the Sardinian language This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In this year, the city of Aachen, Germany begins adding a Roman numeral Anno Domini date to a few of its coins. ... Alguerese or Algherese is the variant of the Catalan language spoken in the city of Alghero, in the northwest of Sardinia. ...

Main sights

• Palazzo Carcassona.
• The Cathedral of St. Mary. Begun in 1570, it was opened in 1593 but finished and consecrated only in 1730. The church original was is in Catalan-Gothic style, as it can be seen in the five chapels of the presbytery, which also include the base of the bell tower. The nave and the two aisles are instead in Late Renaissance style. In the 20th century a Neo-Classicist narthex was added to the façade, changing abruptly its appearance.
• The church of St. Francis (1360, rebuilt in the late 16th century). Original Catalan-Gothic parts can be seen over the high altar, the presbytery chapels and the SS. Sacramento Chapel. The bell tower is from the first half of the 16th century.
• The church of St. Michael.
• The Madonna del Santo Rosario.
• The Torre del Portal, built at the expenses the Jewish Community of Alghero in 1360, and the Tower dell'Esperò Reial (16th century).
• Palazzo D'Albis (16th century), a typical example of Catalan-Aragonese architecture of the 16th century. In the October 1541 it housed the Emperor Charles V.

Some 100 Nuraghe remains can be seen in the neighbouring areas of Sant'Imbenia (including also a Phoenician necropolis and Roman remains near the airport of Alghero), Palmavera and Anghelu Ruju. Interior of Cologne Cathedral Interior of San Zanipolo, Venice, photo Giovanni dallOrto. ... The narthex of a church is the entrance or lobby area. ... For the Carlist claimant King Carlos V, see Infante Carlos, Count of Molina. ... Su Nuraxi, Barumini, Sardinia Central tower of the Nuraghe at Saint Antine of Torralba Su Nurraxi. ... Phoenicia (or Phenicia ,[1] from Biblical Phenice [1]) was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient Canaan, with its heartland along the coast of modern day Lebanon and Syria. ... For the record label, see Necropolis Records. ... Fertilia Airport or Alghero Airport (IATA: AHO, ICAO: LIEA) is situated 4-5 km (2. ...

See also

• Fertilia Airport
• History of Sardinia

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Image gallery

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Old town street	Piazza civica	San Giacomo Tower	Maddalena Tower
Sperone Tower	Lighthouse	Capo Caccia	Old city wall and new sea wall
The Piana Island	The Red Coral	Capo Caccia and Punta Giglio	The Pincer Lobster from Nereo Cave

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References

• Linguistic data from Generalitat de Catalunya (pdf format)

External links

• (Italian) (Catalan) City of Alghero Official website
• (Italian) (English) (French) Alghero Tourist Informations and Webcam Live
• (Italian) (English) Itineraries and pictures from Alghero
• (Italian) (English) Pictures from Alghero

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