Sassari

Sassari ( sassaresisch: Sassari; Sardinian: Tatari / Tàttari / Tathari ) with 125 672 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) is the second largest city of Sardinia. Sassari is located in the north of the island and is the capital of the province of Sassari.

Adjacent communities include: Alghero, Muros, Olmedo, Osilo, Ossi, Porto Torres, Sennori, Sassari, Stintino, Tissi, Uri, Usini.

History

Sassari (now Porto Torres) founded in the Middle Ages by the inhabitants of the ancient city of Turris Libysonis who wanted to escape the frequent attacks of the Saracens; the first written record dates from the year 1131st Later, Sassari, which belonged to the Giudicato of Torres in the High Middle Ages, possession of sea power Pisa, which fell in 1288 after a battle at Genoa. 1294 was the place for the first free town of the island, with its own constitution, the Statuti Sassaresi that were in force until 1771. With the conquest of Sardinia by King James II of Aragon in 1325, the city came under the rule of the Crown of Aragon, but was only able to consolidate the 1410 final possession. Since 1479 the new Kingdom of Spain belonging, Sardinia was incorporated in 1718 as the Kingdom of the Duchy of Savoy. Its rulers were kings 1860 of the new nation-state in Italy, in the Sassari is also incorporated since then. The name of the city bears the Italian army since 1915, a brigade of the mechanized infantry, so the Panzer Grenadiers, the " Sassari Brigade ". It consists of three regiments since 2009 and has been used more recently in the Iraq war; instantly she is part of the international forces in Afghanistan in the western province of Herat.

Economy

In addition to trading the following foods are produced in and around Sassari: olive oil, vegetables, wine and cheese. Furthermore, there are textile production; Sassari is also the headquarters of Health logistics company Difarma.

Training

Sassari is home to the famous, founded in 1617 University of Sassari, which was originally known for its law school; Today it has a total of 11 faculties, 24 departments in the ( Dipartimenti ) are divided. Since the year 2009, the ancient historian Attilio Mastino is rector.

Traffic

On October 27, 2006, a two and a half kilometer tram line with seven stops was put into operation in Sassari.

Attractions

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Domenico Alberto Azuni (1749-1827), historian and legal scholar
  • Enrico Berlinguer (1922-1984), politician, General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) from 1972 to 1984
  • Giovanni Berlinguer (* 1924), politician and social medicine
  • Elisabetta Canalis (born 1978 ), actress and model
  • Francesco Cossiga (1928-2010), politician of the DC, Prime Minister of Italy 1979-1980, President of the Senate 1983-1985 and President 1985-1992
  • Riccardo Lay ( b. 1949 ), Italian jazz bassist
  • Antonello Grimaldi ( born 1955 ), film director
  • Gabriele Manca ( b. 1957 ), composer
  • Ritta and Christina Parodi (1829-1829), Siamese twins
  • Antonio Segni (1891-1971), politician, Prime Minister of Italy 1955-1957 and 1959-1960, and President from May 1962 to December 1964
  • Mariotto Segni ( b. 1939 ), son of Antonio Segni, politician and professor of private law at the University of Sassari
  • Pietro Paolo Virdis ( b. 1957 ), football player
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