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of organisations and thousands of volunteers including AlgHeritage Open Days Event has come to its 16th edition and is proving to be an appointment of Diocesi di - Ufficio Beni Culturali Associazione Volontari per la Biblioteca San absolute relief in the cultural planning of the Municipal Administration of Alghero, for 2018 too. Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici per le Michele The great success obtained in the previous editions, with a remarkable increase of the presences province di e Nuoro Associazione Corallium Rubrum and the enthusiastic pleasure of the tourists, has induced the Administration to continue on the Università di Sassari - Dipartimento di Storia Associazione Tholos foregoing way: by re-proposing every year a rendezvous that is always new and rich with hints and Università di Sassari - Dipartimento di Associazione Nel Vivo della Storia different suggestions. Architettura, Design e Urbanistica - Laboratorio Associazione Impegno Rurale Therefore, great novelties will accompany also this edition of Open Monuments, keeping intact the animazionedesign Associazione musicale Flauto di Pan fascination of the visit to a town capable of offering its artistic heritage in an original and involving Fondazione G. Siotto Associazione Volontari Pensiero Felice Onlus manner. Biblioteca Comunale Rafael Sari Associazione Laboratorio delle Strategie A complex organizational machine that is able to concern hundreds of available people who contri- Biblioteca di San Michele Associazione Lo Frontuni bute, with a big enthusiasm and professionalism, to the achievement of this event characterized by Archivio Storico Comunale Ente Nazionale per la protezione e l’assistenza a very important social as well as cultural spin-off. Azienda Speciale “Parco Regionale di Porto dei sordi - Onlus To this people, in particular to the young guides of the Citizen Schools and to their teachers, to the Conte” Società Operaia di Mutuo Soccorso volunteers of the local associations, to the technical-organizing staff, I express my warmest thanks, Area Marina Protetta Capo Caccia/Isola Piana Casa per Ferie - Villa Maria Pia personally and in the name of the whole Town Administration. Aeronautica Militare - Distaccamento Aeroportuale di Alghero Tenute Sella&Mosca The Mayor Operatori Penitenziari - Casa Circondariale di Cantina Santa Maria La Palma Mario Bruno Alghero Nautisub di Cardone SNC Istituto Comprensivo n.1 Istituto Comprensivo n.2 Testi a cura di Don Antonio Nughes, Pietro Istituto Comprensivo n.3 Alfonso, Giuseppe Calaresu, Fabio Caria, Alessandra Carlini, Irene Dettori, Marco Liceo Classico Linguistico G.Manno Milanese, Antonio Pinna, Antonio Serra, Liceo Artistico F. Costantino Carmelo Spada. Liceo Scientifico E.Fermi Istituto Professionale Industria e Artigianato I.P.I.A. e I.P.S.A.R www.monumentiaperti.com Istituto d’Istruzione Superiore A. Roth Cooperativa Itinera Cooperativa Mosaico Cooperativa Silt ALGHERO Volontari del Servizio Civile Nazionale th th Parrocchia Ortodossa di Santa Barbara DI ALGHERO 12 /13 May 2018 Consulta Giovani Alghero HODs - HERITAGE OPEN DAYS GUS - Gruppo Umana Solidarietà ONLUS Ong Progetto Sprar Alghero “Junts”

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Itinerary and Events Exhibitions Land gate Tower - Saint John Tower of Saint James Saturday 12th 4pm www.algheroturismo.it www.algheroturismo.it Dedicated to Giuseppe Tower - Sulis Tower info - ALGHERO www.monumentiaperti.com info - ALGHERO www.monumentiaperti.com The Prison, Vittorio Emanuele Street Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm / 4pm-8pm Educational and awareness workshop Manno Saturday 12th from 2pm to 7pm ADAPT Project - Social Activity Adapt: what #monumentiaperti18 Sunday 13th from 10.30am to 7.30pm “WAITING FOR ASPA - Alghero Street happened to the seasons? InfoAlghero HERE IS THE LIST OF THE MONUMENTS THAT follows from the other page REQUIRE PARTICULAR VISITING MODES Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th Sidewalk Museum | temporary exhibition to Photography Awards” Tourist Information Office HOW TO GET TO THE MONUMENTS WHICH Bus terminal: via Catalogna – 9.15am 150 years after the death of the scholar and support the visit to the Prison Museum MONUMENTS AND MUSIC Lo Quarter Complex - Largo San Francesco Jewish Quarter ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE CITY CENTRE. /11.15am/15.10pm politician born in Alghero, Heritage Open Opening hours: Saturday and Sunday from Tours include a walk through the streets of the The towers of Alghero host temporary exhibi- Villa Maria Pia Casa Gioiosa – Porto Conte Regional Park – Day’s Event celebrates Giuseppe Manno’s 8.30am to 1.30pm and from 2.30pm to 7.30pm neighbourhood. Starting point: Bastions Marco The project stems from a collaboration tions of three well-known Sardinian photogra- Militar Airport Daily local bus service: Natural Reserve life through an ad hoc itinerary and special Polo, front entrance Department of Architecture between the ‘animazionedesign’ laboratory phers who work on the theme of the landscape Flauto di Pan Association for HODs Hod’s Info Point in located in Piazza Civica Bus Al.F.A. – Bus Terminal from via Catalogna / Bus Arst: Alghero-Capo Caccia Guided tours Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm events. of the Department of Architecture, Design as an identity reflection. Guided tours at Militar Airport will be accom- from 10am to 8pm bus stop: Viale Burruni Bus stop: Tramariglio /4pm -8 pm and Urbanism UNISS led by Nicolò Ceccarelli panied with concerts by musicians Bus AF – Bus Terminal from via / bus Bus terminal: via Catalogna Arst 9.15am The itinerary includes three stop-overs: OPENING HOURS and the Directorate of the House of Reclu- Land gate Tower | Làcanas. The Prison stop: Viale I Maggio (€2.50) - guided tour to the Monument to Giusep- sion of Alghero with the aim of enhancing Monuments will be open from Saturday 12th Saturday from 2pm to 7.00pm Tickets have to be purchased beforehand at CATTOGNO BUS – Saturday 10am/12am | Uncertain boundaries by Salvatore Ligios May to Sunday 13th May, from 10am to 1pm Sunday from 10.30am to 7.30pm pe Manno at the homonymous public gar- the Prison Museum and optimize visits to the newspapers stand or tobacconist 1€ - Sunday 8.30am /12am (€ 3) (1949, , Sassari) and from 4pm to 8pm You must show up at the entrance with a docu- dens in Vittorio Emanuele str.; site during the event. The so-called “sidewalk on board 1,50€ Nuragic site of Sant’Imbenia museum” takes the form of a modular set of St John Tower | Blood shift ment of identity The site can only be reached by car. How to get CULTURE WITHOUT BARRIERS • A few monuments may have different opening Fertilia - guided tour to the Casa Manno Museum Sulis Tower, Villa Maria Pia , Civic Square there: from the Alghero port, drive along the ‘exhibition stations’, inspired by the mess-rack by Luca Spano (1982, Cagliari) The Association Pensiero Felice is available to hours from the ones listed above. Please, refer Daily local bus service located in via Santa Barbara str.; Guided tours on Saturday and Sunday from coastline, of Lungomare Barcellona, viale Euro- (kept in the collection) with which the ration accompany people with disabilities to visit the to the list of monuments below to find opening Bus Al.F.A. – Bus Terminal from via Catalogna Sulis Tower | Invisible boudaries 10am to 9pm pa and viale 1°Maggio, keep on driving along - guided tour of the Giuseppe Manno Clas- was transported inside the detention area. monuments on Saturday 12th , from 10am to times for each of them Bus AF – Bus Terminal from via Cagliari by Pierluigi Dessì (1964, Cagliari) the strada statale 127 bis, which leads to Fer- The exhibitors created and arranged along • Some monuments will also be open at lunch- The Necropolis of Anghelu Ruju Ticket to purchase at newspapers stand or to- sical And Language High School located in 1pm and from 5pm to 7pm. Please make your tilia town. After having passed the town, drive the waiting queue, seemingly the same, once time Free entry and guided tours only on Saturday bacconist 1€ - on board 1,50€ Carlo Alberto str. reservations by phone on the following tele- along the SP55 strada provinciale to Porto Con- ‘open’, will unfold to perform different di- • Inside the churches, the tours will be interrup- from 10am to 7pm. Alghero Military Airport phone number +39 3393842790 te-Capo Caccia. The entrance is located along Civic Market - Via Cagliari ted during the church services The site can only be reached by car. How to get comunali stampa : Arti Grafiche Pisano, Cagliari grafica : Daniele Pani foto archivi Casa Manno Museum splay functions, integrating physical, graphic, The Nuragic Complex of Palmavera the SP55, 200 meters after the crossway with Saturday 12th • The staff and the promoters reserve the right there: from the port, drive along the coastline multimedia elements and staging some key The National Board for the Protection and As- Free entry and guided tours only on Sunday the SP55 towards Capo Caccia (before the Hotel Saturday 12th - vernissage Ri-Giro 100 + 1 to suspend the visit any time to ensure the safety of Lungomare Barcellona, via Europa and Via- introductory themes to the visit. sistance of the Deaf - Sassari Provincial Section 10am to 7pm. Baia di Conte). The Conservative by Roberta Filippelli | le 1°Maggio, keep on driving along the Strada Curated by Giorgio Donini and Mouse Arti Gra- of visitors and cultural properties The Nuragic site of Sant’Imbenia curated by Mariolina Cosseddu provides provides an interpreting service for Statale 127 bis, which leads to Fertilia town. At fiche in collaboration with the students of the • The waiting time may be due to safety mea- Guided tours on Saturday and Sunday from the event in the LIS sign language. The service the roundabout, turn right on the Strada Statale A multimedia journey through photos, videos Art School F. Costantino Alghero. sures for keeping staff and visitors safe and com- 10am to 7pm and installations dedicated to Giuseppe Manno. Diocesan historical archive will be provided at fixed times. Meeting at Lar- fortable 291. After 1.5km, turn right on Strada Vicinale Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm / 4pm-8pm One year after the 100th Giro d’Italia, the Civic go San Francesco, in front of the Tower of Saint • Different languages –English, French, Spanish, The Sella&Mosca wine estates. Mario Aramu. The Military Airport is located at Baccallar, Arduino, D’Errico: bishops of Al- Market of Alghero hosts a photographic exhi- John at 11am and 5pm on Sunday. For more in- Catalan and Sardinian – spoken at some of the Guided tours on Saturday 12th from 9am to a distance of 200 mt. 5pm. Guided tours to the winery at 10am, ghero. Exhibition of vestments and sacred bition made with over 300 shots of citizens, formation and reservations please contact Mrs sites; please, refer to the panel displayed at each Parish Church Santa Maria la Palma 11.30am, 3.30pm, 5pm. tourists and enthusiasts. The exhibition will be Simonetta Fara at the following number +39 site for details on the language service and Santa Maria La Palma Winery objects. Guided tours on Sunday 13th from 9am to a testimony of the great citizen participation 3479540172 Bus ARST: Alghero-Villa Assunta The exhibition itinerary describes the figures 12.30am. Guided tours to the winery from Special Events of the prelates through several paintings, in- that has aroused around the event and will Bus ARST: Alghero-Sassari @ HERITAGE OPEN DAYS ON THE WEB 10am to 11.30am. cluding the precious portrait of the bishop retrace the moments of the Grand Departure Bus terminal: via Catalogna Civic Theater of Errico by the painter Oscar Brazda, and through the images of the city dressed in pink. Nuragic Complex Palmavera Saturday 12th from 6pm to 7am Further information on the event and the monu- precious liturgical garments and priestly or- ments can be found on: Bus Arst : Alghero-Capo Caccia TxT act zero by Teatro d’Inverno and the TxT naments that are part of the city’s cathedral http://www.alghero-turismo.it Bus stop: Bombarde Beach. The Nuragic Com- network treasure. The exhibition is completed by a se- Complex Lo Quarter - Exhibition www.monumentiaperti.com plex is located at a distance of 400 mt. A white night between theater, cinema, mu- lection of sacred objects, books and ancient Halls 2nd Floor sic, dance and visual arts documents from the Archive itself from the Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th Free entrance late 1500s to the early decades of the 1900s. Di Madre in Madre by Anna Marceddu # MONUMENTI APERTI Social Networks The exhibition takes form from the multime- Facebook (@alghero.monumentiaperti) Civic Theater dia research project of photographer Anna Instagram e Twitter (@algheroturismo) Consiglio Regionale Sunday 13th 9pm Marceddu, aimed at revitalizing the myth of #monumentiaperti18 della Sardegna El segundo hijo cinema and concert | Ima- matriarchy. Anna Marceddu has undertaken ges of Segundo de Chomòn. Original music an iconographic research of archaeological by Marco Valentino and historical finds in the Sardinian museums, For information and costs: teatroinverno@ which attest the local cult of the Mother God- gmail.com m. +39 3475529552 dess. Land Gate Tower 1 Civic Theatre 10 Porta Terra Square Teatro Square th th www.algheroturismo.it www.monumentiaperti.com Renamed Torre di Porta Terra in the Sabaudian pe- In virtue of the increasingly liberal ideas of early ye- ALGHERO - 12 /13 May 2018 riod, this tower was initially known as The Royal ars of the 19th century, Alghero benefited by the Gate-the main entrance to the town. The tower construction of its first theatre, named “the Theater was surmounted by the coat-of-arms in stone of of the Amateurs,” and situated near the ancient Je- 29 30 31 #monumenitaperti18 the , which is today housed inside. suit College. Fifty years later, there were calls to bu- Church of St.Michael 17 32 33 34 35 The gate, closed at dusk, served as the means of en- ild a new Civic Theatre in Piazza Vittorio Emanuele Carlo Alberto St. try and exit to the town up until its demilitarization (Vittorio Emanuele Square) in an area belonging It was built between 1661 and 1675 under the di- at the end of the 19th century. to the municipality, called Calasanz. Construction rection of Domenico Spotorno in the late Mannerist Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm / 4pm-8pm was begun in 1858 based on a design by architect style typical of Jesuit buildings. The façade of the HODs - HERITAGE OPEN DAYS Franco Poggi and was completed in 1862, followed church has a high base of sandstone ashlars and a 28 thereafter by the theatre’s inauguration. The edifice Municipal Palace 2 broken tympanum decorated with a simple protru- is unique in in that its entirely supported 12 Columbano St. ding frame, accompanied by three large rectangular 11 structure was made out of wood. The oldest parts of this palace structure date back windows that provide light to the interior space. The 34 39 Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm 31 to the 15th century, when the Civic Counsel purcha- architraved wooden portal is surmounted by a mar- 38 sed some houses situated in the Square of the Old ble bas relief depicting the Annunciation. The nave 36 Well nowadays called Piazza Civica, Civic Square, to Alghero Municipal Library is distinguished by projecting pilasters and is covered be adapted for use as the municipal hall. Restructu- Rafael Sari 11 with a lunetted barrel vault. Three side chapels with 6 3 red several times over the course of the centuries, subarches decorated in relief motifs overlook the 2, Molo Square - Santa Chiara Complex 35 the edifice was rebuilt by military engineers from nave. An octagonal dome sits above the transept The Municipal Library entitled to the poet Rafael Sari 4 in the second half of the 18th century. crossing of the church. The dome is externally deco- 2 25 is a modern public reading library created in 1840, 8 33 Saturday and Sunday 10am - 1pm/4pm-8pm rated with polychrome tiles based upon a design by 26 when a group of members of the local bourgeoisie 5 Antoni Simon Mossa and Filippo Figari around the 7 30 decided to create a reading cabinet. Reachable from 27 32 middle of the 20th. Civic Square 3 Piazza Molo, it is housed in a part of the Complex Saturday 11am-1pm/3.30pm-6pm/Sunday 10am- Originally called Plaça Reial (Royal Square) or Plaça of Saint Clare, in the heart of the historical center 1 1pm/3.30pm-6 pm del Pou Vell (Square of the Old Well), this square has of the city. The building was built in 1641 as a cloi- 13 10 29 for centuries been the beating heart of Alghero and stered monastery to be then used, from 1870 until 18 is, still today, the hub of the old town. Among the 1970, as hospital, with the church of Saint Clare Church of Saint Francis 18 institutional quarters overlooking the square there attached. After about forty years of degradation, Carlo Alberto St. 9 are: the Municipal Palace and The Royal Customs since 2004 the complex has been restored. In 2014, This church was built at the end of the 15th cen- House, as well as some of the residences of Alghe- the new headquarters of the Municipal Library was tury (circa 1480), in a Gothic-Catalan form by the 14 ro’s important families. inaugurated, which also houses the Historical Archi- Conventual Minor Brothers who had been present Saturday and Sunday 10am-8pm ve of the Municipality of Alghero and the Library of in the town since the first decades of 1300s. In 1593 21 the Department of Architecture, Design and Urban the building suffered a collapse that destroyed its 24 17 Cathedral of Saint Mary 4 Planning of the University of Sassari. central part of the church. Although partially recon- Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm structed in 1598, the church maintains the presbyte- Duomo Square ry, the adjacent chapels, the first two chapels in the The construction of the Cathedral began in the se- 20 counter-façade. The cloister dates back to the same 22 cond half of the 16th century. The first building was 16 Gothic phase. begun in 1567: the radial chapels found behind Saturday 9.30am-12.30pm/4pm-7.45pm, Sun- 23 the presbytery and the belfry with a portal in the 15 day 9.30am-10.45am/12am-1pm/4pm-7.45pm Gothic-Catalan style date back to this period. The 37 Cathedral is distinguished by its imposing neoclas- sical pronaos (temple-like entrance hall), planned in Sulis Tower 19 19 1862 by the Archpriest Michele Dessì Magnetti and Historical Sulis Square placed against the older Renaissance façade. Municipal Archive 12 Built in the first half of the 16th century, it consti- 27 Saturday 9am-10.30 am/2pm - 6.30pm - Sunday tuted one of the bulwarks of the fortifications of 1pm-6pm 2, Molo Square - Santa Chiara Complex Alghero. La Torre dello Sperone (The Tower of the The Historical Municipal Archive safe-keeps a rich Royal Spur, in Catalan, Esperò Reyal) takes its name collection of records, spanning the chronological from the presence of, in the shelter of the tower, an Bell Tower of Saint Mary 5 period between the Aragonese conquest of 1354 Giuseppe Manno 23 te Secretary of Carlo Felice, Councilor of the Crown four architects assembled under the acronym 2PST. the western to eastern coastlines have been esta- Santa Maria La Palma 38 offshoot of the fortification—that is, a spur. Today, and of the Supreme Council of Sardinia, President It retains the character of the rationalist architecture blished and soon this village turned into a commu- Cathedral and the last 40 years. The most important sector it is better known by the name Torre di Sulis after Classical and Language Winery consists of the so-called ancient fund. of the Senate of the Kingdom of of the Supre- of the two decades, evident in the Church and Ele- nity mainly organized as a city-state colony. Archa- Principe Umberto St. the revolutionary from Cagliari, Vincenzo Sulis, who High School me Court of Cassation. Created by the then young mentary School. eological excavations took place at first from 1982 The history of the winery began in 1946, in the The elegant Gothic-Catalan style bell tower of St. Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm was imprisoned inside, spending a good twenty-two area, which had been reclaimed and given 92, Carlo Alberto St. sculptor Pietro Canonica, the statue was officially Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-7.30pm to 1997 and were set to restart in 2008 thanks to Mary’s Cathedral was built in the second half of the years of isolation within its walls. to the farmworkers following the Agrarian Reform The history of the High School Liceo Manno is close- placed on July 22nd 1894 an agreement among the Regional Archaeological 16th century in the same period in which the an- 13 Saturday and Sunday 10am-8pm that was implemented in Sardinia in the immedia- Jewish district ly linked to the history of the church of San Michele, Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm Department, Alghero’s Municipal Council, the Porto cient parish Church of St. Mary was restructured. Parish Church of Santa 31 te post-war period. The locals were blessed with In the Medieval Period, the Jewish community (alja- entrusted, in 1588, by the bishop Andrea Baccalar, Conte Regional Park Authority and the University of Today, the bell tower can be visited thanks to the skilled, courageous hands that had the capacity to ma) of Alghero was organized like those of Cagliari Coral Museum 20 to the Jesuit Company. In fact, the Jesuits establi- Maria La Palma Sassari. restoration work completed in 1993. The Prison 27 capture the soul of a part of the island that seems and Sassari, and according to the tradition of the 8, XX Settembre St. shed the first public school in Alghero in 1588. The The parish church, whose name it shares with the Only on Sunday 10am-7pm Saturday 9am-10.30 am /2pm - 6.30pm - Sunday 28, Vittorio Emanuele II St. to have been designed for winemaking. And so, Jews of . The Jewish community was set- The Museum offers visitors a vision of the richness laying of the first stone took place on 11 November burg in which it is located, Santa Maria La Palma, 1pm-6pm tled on a peninsula stretching out into the port. The Established by Royal Decree in 1889, the Penal Co- in 1959, one hundred of them decided to enter of our represented specifically 1589. The donations of the canon Gavino Sarrovida got its name from an illusion to the Virgin Mary. 35 lony of Alghero raised in a suburban area on the Necropolis of into a co-operative and to found the Cantina San- documentation of a stable presence of Jews in Al- by Corallium Rubrum, intimately linked to Alghero and Gerolamo Ferret contributed to the foundation The name was given to all houses of worship du- hill of St. John only in 1893. Right there, Alessandro ta Maria la Palma (Santa Maria la Palma Winery). Museo Casa Manno 6 ghero begins only in 1354, the date in which the and its territory. A fascinating journey in the marine of the Jesuit college. For more than two centuries, ring the agrarian reform of the Nurra area in the Anghelu Ruju Serenelli, the murderer of Saint Maria Goretti, was Today, past and future are being combined seam- Santa Barbara St. city passed from the hands of the family (the ecosystem, in the history of this precious living orga- the area around the church of San Michele was con- 50’s. Inaugurated in 1953, it was built by ETFAS, The hypogean necropolis of Anghelu Ruju (3500- imprisoned for the last years of his long detention lessly through the new technologies deployed in The Museum has a considerable heritage exhibition Genoese family to which the town owes its foun- nism, in works of art that are created with it, a dive sidered the cultural center of the City. In 1848 the the organisation in charge of transformation of the 1800 BC) consists of 38 tombs cut into a limy san- from 1924 to 1929. In 1945 a tragic lifers jailbreak every project put together by the Winery, which consisting of furniture, paintings, sculptures, prints, ding) to the Aragonese domination. in the sea that surrounds the city and that much has Kingdom of Savoy issued the first organic laws of re- mining and agriculture activity of Sardinia. dstone ledge 23 metres above sea level. The sacred took place and after this episode, walls were streng- can leverage a tradition that has always married old books, correspondence, manuscripts and ori- Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm /4pm-8pm and continues to give to his people. form of higher education which led to the adoption Saturday 10am-12.30pm/3pm-6pm Sunday character of the tombs is evident in the decoration thened and perimeter towers were erected. innovation to love for the local soil. 700 hectares ginal records, highly valued from an historical and Tours include a walk through the streets of Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm in 1859 of the Casati Law, which established the 4pm-8pm of the various interior spaces with elements such as Saturday from 2pm to 7.00pm/Sunday from of land on the estate are under vine, giving rise artistic point of view. The exhibition is interspersed the neighbourhood. Starting point: Bastions State High School. In 1860 the Royal Middle School small cup-like containers, false doors, by the deco- 10.30am to 7.30pm. to a wealth of highly nuanced Sardinian wines, with the Sardinian intellectual’s most representative Marco Polo, front entrance Department of Ar- was officially established with a state contribution 32 ration of the environments with particular elements Tower of Saint John 21 You must show up at the entrance with a document Nuragic Complex of all made with the same passion and dedication as pages of his existence, and offers through some chitecture. in the Piazza di San Michele, and has since been such as cupels, false doors, busts, and bull horns, San Francesco Blvd. of identity. always, while also taking advantage of everything multimedia tools a glimpse of an era full of change declared a State School. In 1887 it was entitled to Palmavera emblems of deep religious sentiment. The prevalent The Torre di San Giovanni also called the Torre di that state-of-the-art technology has to offer. and essential to the national unification process wi- 14 the historian and politician Giuseppe Manno, born This Nuragic village (15th – 8th century BCE) has a funerary practice of the period was burial. Headquarters of the Mezzo (The Middle Tower) due to its important stra- 28 Saturday and Sunday 4pm-8pm thin the Italian history. in Alghero. Andrea Padre Boat central body of two towers a rampart wall around Free entry and guided tours only on Saturday tegic and defensive military function. This tower, si- Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/3.30pm-8pm Workers’ Mutual Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm Alghero’s Harbour which the rest of the archaeological site pivots. Par- 12th 10am-7pm tuated between the Torre di Porta Terra and Esperó Aid Association The fishing boat “Andrea Padre” is made in 1955 in ticularly important are the interior chamber of the 39 Reial (more commonly called Torre Sulis, Sulis To- Military Airport Bastioni Magellano Cattolica by the master of the axe “Della Santina”. main tower which has an ogival shape due to the Church of Saint Ann Intra 7 wer), allowed for quick passage between the other Lo Quarter e Biblioteca 24 The Sella & Mosca 36 The headquarters of the Workers’ Mutual Aid As- As soon as she is launched, she begins her long ca- false-dome building technique employed in its con- of Alghero two towers through the use of curtains. This massive The construction of the airport, located in the Moenia (Inside The Walls) sociation, a goodwill organisation operating in the San Michele reer in the world of fishing .The boat has been used struction and the “meeting hut,” which played a Estate building has a radial ribbed vault and is located close area of “La Nurra”, began the 10th July 1937 Roma St. pension and welfare sector, was opened in Alghero The area is occupied by a vast and stratified architec- for a long period for fishing sardines, then for coral special role for the village assembly. Founded in 1899, Sella & Mosca is situated in the to the imposing Montalban outpost. and it was open on the 28th March 1938. The Built in the 18th century, this church demonstrates in 1883. In it, it is possible to admire a collection tural complex which, in the course of the centuries, fishing to end up as a “trawler”. In 1993 it was bou- Free entry and guided tours only on Sunday north of Alghero on a land blessed by sunshine and Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm buildings, as still visible, have the common archi- architectonical elements executed in the late Re- of vintage reproductions and original paintings has been subjected to various transformations. The ght by the local company from Alghero Nautisub 13th 10am-7pm brushed by sea breezes. The estate spreads over 650 tecture of “standardized type called Balbo” that naissance style, which are evident above all in the depicting members of the Savoy family, Giuseppe so-called quarter of St. Michael extends near the ho- and it has been fully refurbished. After 2 years, it hectares and produces wines that highlight the uni- even today are visible in other airports. The airport elegant portal. The church stands in an area that, Mazzini, Giuseppe Garibaldi and Giuseppe Verdi, as Museo Archeologico 22 monymous church founded by the Jesuits, present returned to work as a transport boat for divers and 33 que characteristics of soils hardly freed from rocks Casa Gioiosa - remained continuously operating during the war, in ancient times, was used as a cemetery. It is there- well as a large painting going back as far as the 20’s in town since 1589. The main edifice of the quarter as a boat used for “Passenger Transportation” for and abandonment. Its facilities, amongst vineyards della Città before and after September 8, 1943, although it fore also known as the Old Church of the Fossar, a celebrating the Lateran Treaty. is the ancient Jesuitical college dating back to that tourism purpose. Headquarters of The Porto and beautiful gardens, include charming cellars, 72, Carlo Alberto St. was also undermined by the German army. It was Catalan term meaning “cemetery”. Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm time and currently it is still concerned with a restora- Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm museum rooms and a small church. The Archaeological Museum of The City holds the Conte Regional Park Guided tours on Saturday 12th from 9am to around that time the pilot-French writer Antoine Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm tion work in progress. The buildings of the Tramariglio penal colony, which oldest evidence of man’s presence in the territory, 5pm. Guided tours to the winery at 10am, de Saint-Exupéry was assigned to the squadron 15 Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm are now headquarters of the Regional Park Porto Tower of Saint James from the proto-history, to the Nuragic epoch, to Villa Maria Pia 29 11.30am, 3.30pm 5pm of the reconnaissance group of the Allied Forces 8 1, Salvatore Burruni Blvd Conte, were built during the 30’s. The plan also in- Chiesa di Santa Barbara Dedicated to Saint James in honour of King James the Phoenician and Roman period. A well-defined Guided tours on Sunday 13th from 9am to stationed at the airport. To the French writer was The complex of the ex-penal colony of Cuguttu is cluded a residential area located on the top of the Cavour St. I the Conqueror, the octagonal-shaped tower dates exhibition path around three particularly significant Scuola del Sacro Cuore 25 12.30am. Guided tours to the winery from paid the transit lounge. located at Maria Pia and is made up of a complete- hill which provided the colony necessary services; it The first mention of the Church of St. Barbara, back to the XVII century. On the exterior can be seen subjects for Alghero and its territory: the sea, the 13, Vittorio Emanuele II St. 10am to 11.30am. Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/3pm-8pm which had originally been dedicated to St. Andrew, a Gothic-style decoration that was likely a frame or ways of inhabiting, the world of the sacred. The Mu- Designed in 1890 by the engineer Sebastiano Ur- ly enclosed park and a small, two-story palace. The was designed by the engineer Arturo Miraglia, the dates back to 1526. There are, however, elements retro-fitted element similar to the ones found in the seum stands in Carlo Alberto Street, in the hearth tis, the primary school constitutes an interesting palace occupies a quadrangular area and has two designer of the urban regulatory plan of Fertilia. The that date the structure back to the 14th century. Portal of Saint Mary. The tower is also known as the of the old town. It is housed in a recently renovated example of eclectic architecture with Neo-classical entrances, one used by the ex-prison and the other Casa di Lavoro (House of Labour) was active from The Sanctuary of Our 37 Some valuable icons (dating from the 16th to the “Torre dei Cani” (Dog Tower) and today it hosts the building that was once the location of a monastic influences, according to the stylistic elements impor- by administrative offices. Inside the park that- sur 1941 until 1961, when it was decommissioned. Lady of Valverde 19th centuries) render the interior precious as a Visit Centre and for environment education of Area complex annexed to St Michael’s Church. ted from the regions of Liguria and Piedmont at the rounds the structure there is an ancient structure, a Saturday 3pm-6pm, Sunday from 10am to 1pm The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Valverde dates from place of worship. Since 2008, the Holy Orthodox Marina Protetta “Capo-Caccia-Isola Piana” Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm end of the 19th century. The structure was inserted crypt in the Gothic-Aragonese style. Known as the and from 3pm to 7pm the 16th century and it has ever since been a site of Archdiocese of Italy and Malta has been officiating Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm into the strict policy of urban planning that existed Tomba del Cavaliere (The Knight’s Tomb), it is proba- pilgrimages as it enshrines the antique simulacrum at religious services. at the end of that century. bly what remains of the old 15th-century church of Nuragic Site 34 of the Virgin Mary which is yet venerated by many Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-8pm Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/4pm-7.30pm San Giacomo. Church of Mercy 16 pilgrims. Through several preservation and resto- Saturday and Sunday 10am-8pm of Sant’imbenia ration projects, the front arcade has recently been Misericordia St. The Sant’Imbenia and its village are loca- 9 renovated to its ancient beauty as well as the mar- Historic Diocesan Archives The oratory of Our Lady of the Mercy was comple- Monument to Giuseppe 26 ted in the inner shore of the bay of Porto Conte, an- 30 ble altar from the 1750s, the wooden altars and the Principe Umberto St. ted in 1654 and is the seat of a confraternity of the Manno Fertilia ciently known as ‘Baia delle Ninfe’. The first site was The Diocesan Archives collects today the two hi- same name. The belfry was erected after 1738. The Fertilia is one of the towns that were founded and large canvases of the side chapels. Vittorio Emanuele St. - Public gardens founded in the 14thcentury BC and went through storical record selections of the Capitular Archive collapse of the vault in 1818 necessitated the re- built during the Italy’s Fascist period. The events le- 10.00-13.00/16.00-20.00 The monument was erected inside the public gar- a deep renovation process from the second half of and of the Episcopal Curia of the ancient Diocese construction of the Church, which ended 1823. The ading up to its existence began in 1933 with the re- dens located in Vittorio Emanuele street to comme- the 9thcentury BC. The project led into the creation of Alghero founded by Julius II, who in 1503 orde- most important work in the church is a Spanish-style clamation of the Nurra region. The plan of the town morate one of its most illustrious citizens: Giuseppe of a public plaza including workshops and labor red it to be transferred to Alghero from the seat of Crucifix from the beginning of the 17th century. was arranged by the engineer Arturo Miraglia and Manno. Born in Alghero on March 17, 1786, he was spots and started life as the central marketplace. At Ottana and simultaneously joined by the Castro and Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm/3pm-5pm based upon the English model of the town-garden. the protagonist of a long and prestigious political this stage, significant and relevant commercial con- Bisarcio seats. Saturday and Sunday 10am-1pm / Afterwards, the town planning was entrusted to activity: First official of the Secretariat of State, Priva- nections with a wider Mediterranean world from 4pm-8pm every 30 minutes