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    Sassari is a city rich in art, culture and history, and is well known for its palazzi, the Fountain of the Rosello, and its elegant neoclassical architecture, such as Piazza d'Italia (Italy Square) and the Teatro Civico (Civic Theatre).

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    • I Candelieri Festival. Held yearly on the 14th of August, the Candelieri festival is reason enough to go to Sassari – it’s been taking place each year for over 700 years!
    • The Cavalcata Sarda. Held every year on the second to last Sunday in May, this festival is a celebration of beauty. People from all around the island head to Sassari to parade in traditional dresses and jewelry, and there also are people on horses, equestrian races and horseback acrobatics.
    • Piazza Castello. This is the recommended starting point if you are having a walking tour of Sassari. It gets its name from the ancient Aragonese castle (Castello) that used to be there, built in the 14th century and demolished in 1877 because considered a symbol of oppression and slavery, as it belonged to the ancient Spanish colonizers and had been the site of the Spanish Inquisition Court in Sardinia.
    • Piazza Italia. Located right outside the medieval fortifications and was one of the first urban innovations of the 19th century, when the defensive walls were demolished and the city expanded and partially rebuilt to accommodate more people and the new needs of modern society and industries.
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    • Piazza Italia. Sassari’s largest piazza is one of Sardinia’s most impressive public spaces. Covering about a hectare, it is surrounded by imposing 19th-century buildings…
    • Basilica della Santissima Trinità di Saccargia. About 18km southeast of Sassari on the SS729, this is the most visually striking of the isolated Romanesque churches that spring up across the territory…
    • Duomo. Sassari’s principal cathedral dazzles with its 18th-century baroque facade, a giddy free-for-all of statues, reliefs, friezes and busts. It's all a front,…
  3. Province of Sassari in Sardinia. Sassari is a city in the northwest corner of Sardinia and a capital of the homonymous province. It is the second-largest city in Sardinia in terms of population with over 130,000 inhabitants. Tourist information [edit]

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  5. Sassari. A city of art and a historical centre of cultural and economic reference in northern Sardinia, as well as the birthplace of prominent figures of the Italian Republic. Founded in the Middle Ages, when the population of the ancient Turris Libisonis gradually took refuge in the hinterland, Sassari emerged on a limestone plateau marked by ...

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