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monuments and places of cultural interest monuments and places of cultural interest 1 City Museum PALAZZO DI CITTÀ 7 PALAZZO INFERMERIA SAN PIETRO 15 SANTA CATERINA 23 ROSARIO Palazzo di Città lies in the same area which was This building is close to the site of the first This church, originally dedicated to Built by Dominican friars between 1633 occupied from the second half of the 13th century settlement of medieval Thathari (the old name Holy Jesus and Mary, was built by the and 1682, the façade dates to 1759. The onwards by the Town Hall, the centre of power for Sassari), a densely populated and busy area. Jesuits between 1580 and 1607 in baroque altar screen, lavishly decorated in and headquarters for the institutions of the city The first part of the building already existed in late Renaissance style, typical of the gold and pale grey, is one of most precious of CultureDepartment and Tourism of Sassari. The reconstruction work, following a 1662. The palazzo was built to assist the ill and Counter Reformation: Late Gothic late 17th century “retabli” (wooden altars) MUNICIPALITY OF SASSARI www.turismosassari.it project by Giuseppe Cominotti, started in 1826 help the poor and needy. The refectory and the influences are still present, particularly in . The façade is quite simple, the and finished in 1829. The display rooms of Palazzo di Città, which chapel were built in this first phase, featuring in its vaulting. Inside, there is a painting representing “The bell tower has a little maiolica dome. today hosts the City Museum, offer the visitor a representation of an ornate entrance portal still visible today. Recently restored, it crowning of the Virgin”, with the Fontana di Rosello in the VISIT THE TOWN, EXPLORE the places, the memories and the identities of the city. It hosts Teatro hosts the Municipal Department of Culture and Tourism. background (17th century). ITS HERITAGE AND PAST, Civico, designed on the model of Teatro Carignano in . EXPERIENCE ITS EVERDAY LIFE. 16 24 MONACHE CAPPUCCINE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF THE BRIGATA SASSARI 8 th th 2 PALAZZO DUCALE FONTANA DI ROSELLO This complex, dating to the 17 century, The museum is on the site of the 14 TH THE 13 CENTURY WALLS OF Built between 1775 and 1805, mainly by master The fountain of “Gurusello” was first includes the only cloistered nuns’ convent century Aragonese castle demolished THE OLD TOWN OF SASSARI craftsmen from Lombardy, the Palazzo of the mentioned in the 13th century Code of in the city. The adjoining church, completed between 1877 and 1880. Realized Statutes. Later remodelled, it was given in 1695, has an impressive Baroque interior in 1992, on the ground floor of the ENCLOSE MONUMENTS OF Duke of Asinara is now the Town Hall. From th the typical 18th century hall, a lovely staircase late Renaissance features (Mannerist style) featuring some 17 century works of art “Caserma Lamarmora”, the Museum GREAT ARCHITECTONIC including a copy of Caravaggio’s Saint houses an exhibition of historical relics VALUE. leads to the first floor or “piano nobile”, with in 1605-1606. The fountain represents a succession of fine rooms and a chapel; the an allegory of the flow of time, with four Matthew. dating to World War I, when the Brigata

original ballroom/reception room has been marble statues representing the seasons and the lion-head Sassari distinguished itself for its courage and military valour. 17 SANT’APOLLINARE THE CULTURAL NETWORK adapted as a Council-Chamber. waterspouts symbolizing the months of the year. In the historic heart of Sassari, this was one THÀMUS OFFERS VISITORS of the first parish churches in Sassari, already 25 PIAZZA D’ITALIA AND PALAZZO DELLA PROVINCIA AN ITINERARY THAT TAKES IN City Museum 9 MONTE D’ACCODDI PRENURAGIC VILLAGE THE DUKE’S ROOMS AND CELLARS existing in 1278. Enlarged towards the middle Built in 1872, it is the largest piazza THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE About 13 km from Sassari, this archaeological of the 17th century, it was soon afterwards The section of the museum called “the Duke’s rooms” in Sassari (with an area of about 1 MONUMENTS AND PLACES site includes an altar and a village; nearby is severely damaged by fire (1651). Demolished hectare). In the middle is the statue OF CULTURAL INTEREST OF completes and enriches the visit to the building, illustrating a necropolis, with eight burial chambers and rebuilt in the 19th - early 20th century, the history of the most important civic building in Sassari, its of King Vittorio Emanuele II (1899). carved in the rock (hypogea). The altar almost no trace remains of the original church. Palazzo della Provincia, designed THE CITY: THE NEOCLASSICAL predecessors, and life as it went on within during the first half is unique not only in Sardinia, but in the PALAZZO DI CITTÀ, WHICH Inside the church is a Gothic crucifix which in Neoclassical style, was erected of the 1800s. The itinerary aims to re-enact the organisation whole West Mediterranean Basin. The settlement dates back to survived the fire. It is deeply venerated in Sassari. HOSTS THE CITY MUSEUM and use of the rooms in the Duke’s era. between 1873 and 1880. MUNICIPALITY OF SASSARI RADIO TAXI the Neolithic Age (Cultura di , 3200-2800 BC), although this Department of Culture and 079 260060 “MUSEO DELLA CITTÀ”, THE The section of the museum called “the Duke’s cellars” consists site later underwent several rebuilding phases and seems to have Tourism 079 251515 PALAZZO DUCALE, THE of five cellar rooms beneath the floors of Palazzo Ducale, been abandoned in about 1800 BC, during the early Nuragic Age. 18 SANT’ANTONIO ABATE 26 “G. A. SANNA” NATIONAL MUSEUM 079 279 970/954 079 253939 BARBICAN OF THE OLD probably belonging to buildings from the 1500s, revealed by This church was erected outside the Infosassari - Tourist Information archaeological excavations (in 1985 and 2006). An itinerary 10 DOMUS DE JANAS DI MONTALÈ medieval walls, opposite “Porta Sant’Antonio”, Inaugurated in 1931, it houses a ARAGONESE CASTLE, THE valuable archaeological section: 079 2008072 MUSEUMS passes along a catwalk suspended above the cellars of the About 7 km from Sassari, this area demolished in 1866. Part of the old Catalan- [email protected] FONTANA DI ROSELLO AND palace, the unusual of which makes the place on display are finds from the City Museum (Museo della Città) is a burial site (necropolis), dating Gothic building was preserved during the Public Relations Office Palazzo di Città THE MONTE D’ACCODDI th Palaeolithic to modern times. The particularly evocative. back to the Neolithic Age (cultura di early 18 century rebuilding work (1700- 079 279837 Corso V. Emanuele II, 35 PRENURAGIC VILLAGE. Ozieri-3200-2800 BC); the so-called 1707). Inside, the main altar features an Museum also holds interesting 079 2015122 “domus de janas” (fairy house) tombs ornate tableau, with paintings by Ruffino ethnographic and painting EMERGENCY SERVICES 3 City Museum PALAZZO DELLA FRUMENTARIA were carved out of the rock; bull-horn decorations are carved collections. Of great interest are Medical Emergency This late 16th century building served as a and an “Ecce homo” of gilt wood with lavish The Duke’s Rooms and Cellars on the walls of the antechamber. decorations (18th century). the rooms dedicated to the archaeological area of Monte 118 granary to hold a supply of wheat in case d’Accoddi and the Nuragic civilisation. Palazzo Ducale First aid station Piazza del Comune of siege or famine until 1833. Built in two Pronto Soccorso different phases (1597-1598 and 1607- 11 19 THE WALLS 331 4377156 SAN NICOLA (CATHEDRAL) 27 079 2061621 1608), it has two separate structures The city’s medieval walls were built UNIVERSITY The bell tower is all that remains of Carabinieri Palazzo della Frumentaria with large rectangular rooms. Nowadays the building is the original 13th century Romanesque following the Tuscan model in the 13th The first University in Sardinia, formerly known as “Estudio General” of the Jesuit 112 Via delle Muraglie the exhibition section of the Museo della Città and hosts building. Faithful to Catalan-Gothic style century to defend the city. They were Police 079 200345 temporary exhibitions. the cathedral was rebuilt in the 15th about 2 km in length, with four gates Order (1562). Officially declared a “Royal University” by King Philip III of Spain in 113 century (1480-1500); the Baroque façade and 36 towers. Sassari maintained its Fire Brigade “G. A. Sanna” National Museum dates to the early 18th century. Within one fortified aspect until the middle of the 19th 1617, it was run by the Jesuits until 1765. The posterior side facing the public 115 Via Roma, 64 may admire a 13th century panel of the century. The only surviving remnants are Town Police 4 THE ARAGONESE CASTLE. THE BARBICAN gardens is all that remains of the original 079 272203 Madonna with Child and the neoclassical Conte di Moriana in Corso Trinità, in Via Torre Tonda and in th 079 274100 The Castle of Sassari was built by the Aragonese funerary mausoleum. Behind the main altar is a valuable Piazza Sant’Antonio, where one can see the only completely 17 century building (1611-1651). Emergency breakdown over a period from 1331 to 1342. In 1564, after Mus’a wooden choir gallery, carved by local craftsmen in the second crenellated tower. service-ACI Canopoleno Painting Gallery losing its military function, the Castle became th half of the 18 century. 28 SANTA MARIA DI BETLEM 803 116 the headquarters of the Inquisition. Recent Piazza Santa Caterina, 4 20 SANTISSIMA TRINITÀ This is a monastic church, dating to Forest Rangers Corps 079 231560 archaeological excavations have unearthed 12 th DIOCESAN MUSEUM The church and adjacent convent of the beginning of the 12 century; the 800 865 065 the Barbican. This defensive structure was built between 1500 The Sacristy of the Cathedral leads to a Romanesque structure underwent Museum of Modern and and 1503 in a fosse underneath the façade of the castle. It was the Holy Trinity was built in the first section of the Diocesan Museum, dedicated th several alterations in a mixture of styles, PUBLIC TRANSPORT Contemporary Art built to protect the castle from attack from the newly invented quarter of the 18 century in an area to gold and silver liturgical artefacts that the town administration had which retrace the history of Sassari. TRAINS Carmelo Convent firearms and consisted of two overlapping 80 meter-long th Ferrovie dello Stato I and vestments. The painting collection donated to the Order of the Holy The sacristy leads to the 12 century Viale Umberto , 11 passageways, each with twenty-six gun ports for arquebuses. (Pinacoteca) and the archaeological section cloister featuring a fountain called “Brilladore” (14th century). This Italian Railways 079 3758226 Trinity in 1640. 892021 are in the nearby church of San Michele. Within the church is the chapel of church houses the “Candelieri”, which represent the medieval 5 F.d.S. Historical Museum of the PALAZZO D’USINI the Holy Cross and the statue of Christ that is used in the rites guilds and are carried through the old town in a thanksgiving 13 SAN GIACOMO procession on the 14th August in honour of the Virgin “Assunta”. Sardinian Railways “Brigata Sassari” Palazzo d’Usini was built in Piazza Tola of Holy Week. 079 241301 in 1577 for Don Jaime Manca over a pre- Built in the 1200s, San Giacomo features Piazza Castello, 9 ARST Gestione FdS 079 2085111 existing late-Gothic structure. It constitutes a simple façade with external buttresses; 29 21 MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART “F. BANDE ” ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM (Trenino verde – Tourist ticket) the first expression of civic Renaissance forms the interior has one barrel-vaulted nave CARMELO CONVENT (16th - 17th c.) , with two 18th century altars This is a private collection of original typical 800 460 220 Diocesan Museum in Sardinia; the interior underwent several The old Carmelite Convent, dating back to the musical instruments and costumes, collected by Piazza Duomo modifications and the second floor was added later. The flanking the side walls; a rare example of the second half of the 17th Century, houses the Baroque style in the town are two rococo maestro Bande, an accordion player. Some items 079 260362 347 0007882 building now houses the Municipal Library. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art date to the 18th century. 347 2174128 stucco altars (rocaille style), the work of Ge- currently dedicated to temporary exhibitions. noese craftsmen towards the end of the 18th BUSES ARST Sardinian Transport “F. Bande” MUNICIPALITY OF SASSARI MUNICIPALITY 6 century (1780). PALAZZO DELL’INSINUAZIONE Company Ethnographic Museum The building took on its current 22 CARMELO 30 SAN PIETRO IN SILKI Department of Culture and Tourism and Department of Culture 14 800 865 042 Via Muroni, 44 appearance after the underlying MUS’A – CANOPOLENO PAINTING GALLERY Dating to 1637, its façade opens onto the This church, which was part of a F.d.S. Ferrovie della Sardegna 079 236572 16th century structures underwent This painting gallery is in a building that “Archivolto del Carmine”, erected in the Benedictine monastery, was built in the th Sardinian Railways 338 2029616 considerable extension and renovation was originally a Jesuit College, and later second half of the 1800s, almost a separation Romanesque style in the 12 century. 079 241301 from 1874 onwards. The Archives of the Canopoleno boarding school. It was between the old and the new town. In 1425, together with the monastery, it th th monuments and places of cultural interest of cultural and places monuments the “Insinuazione” were assigned by the Municipality to the built between the 16 and 17 centuries, The interior has a single nave which is was passed over to the Franciscans, who ATP Public Transport Company Public Notary Council and converted into the Notarial Archive together with the church of Holy Jesus barrel-vaulted with side chapels. in 1475 built the chapel dedicated to the 079 2008115 (Archivio Notarile). It became municipal property again in and Mary, today dedicated to Saint The baroque high altar, in marble and Holy Virgin of Graces. The statue of the latter is the most highly 079 2638037 th 1985, and today hosts the town’s Historical Archive. Catherine. The display contains more than 400 works of art stucco (18 century), has a valuable painting representing a venerated in the city. Great changes in the church’s structure International Dialling Code +39 from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. “Madonna con Bambino” by Sassoferrato. were carried out between 1580 and 1677. PONTE ROSELLO

VI S. FRANC VIA COL DI LANA LEGEND 1 VIALE City Museum Palazzo di Città 8 Piazza MERCATO 21 UMBERTO 2 Palazzo Ducale monuments and places of cultural interest City Museum 20 I The Duke’s Rooms and Cellars 19 VIA 22 3 City Museum AL ARCHIV CARMINE TRINITA' MURAGLIE LARGO OTACRE DELLE 3 MERCATO VIALE UMBERTO I Palazzo della Frumentaria VIA PESCHERIA VIC. 4 The Aragonese Castle. The Barbican

M FRUMENTARIA .CIV LARGO MURAGLIE

S SEBASTIANO 5

VIA VIA DEL FIORE ROSELLO Palazzo d’Usini TRAV. FIORE ROSSO DONATO LA MARMORA 6

CORSO DELLE ZIRULIA Palazzo dell’Insinuazione VIA CORTE LARGA CORTE VIA

VIA G. FARA G. VIA SISTO ALBERTO 7 Palazzo dell’Infermeria San Pietro VIA PES G. DON VIA Piazza

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MOSCATELLO TOLA Fontana di Rosello

PETTENADU VIA SCANO VIALE UMBERTO SAN VIA 5 SAN VIA AMSICORA AI AIV SU

V. GODIMONDO V. VIA V. ANGIUS 11 San Nicola (Cathedral) VIA PIAZZA C. VIA FONTANA VIA 12 VIA i CARMINE AL VIA DE HONESTIS 24 Diocesan Museum

VIA I 13 VIA CRISTOFORO 4 San Giacomo SAN PIAZZA BATTISTI C VIA 25

VIA F. CETTI F. VIA NAZARIO SAURO LARGO F. CAVALLOTTI PiazzaPiazza 14 18 VIA

1 CASTELLOCASTELLO Mus’a – Canopoleno Painting Gallery VIC. TEATRO CIVICO TEATRO VIC. VIA S. SATTA S. VIA

VIA A . SAFFI . A VIA Piazza VIA Piazza

VIA Piazza 15

VIA RAMAI VIA II AZUNI Santa Caterina

AIV G .FARINA G AIV AZUNI D’ITALIA SANT'ANTONIO ORGANARI VIA VIA MAZZINI

VIA G. ALIVESI G. VIA EMANUELE 15 SANNA 16 Monache Cappuccine CORSO VIA LUIGI LUZZATI VIA MOLESCHOTT ONIO VITTORIO Piazza del VIA ROMA 17 Sant’Apollinare MANNO VIA STINTINO VIA ROSARIO VIA SPANO L.GO 18

CATERINA Sant’Antonio Abate

CORSO ITTIRI VIA E. PAIS E. VIA ONAC .F AIV .F ONAC VIC. BERTOLINIS 6 23 26 19 VIA INSINUAZIONE VIA The Walls VIA 16 LA CONA LARGO CORSI DEI VIA 14 20 Santissima Trinità S. BRANCA VIA MUNIZIONE

VIARIO VIA SAN VIA CARLO VIA CAGLIARI CAPPUCCINE ESPERSON S. ELENA PiazzaPiazza CANOPOLO ONIO VIA 21 Museum of Modern and

MONS. VIC. OSP. MILITARE 2 VECCHIA ARBOREA VIA VIA CAVOUR

UNIVERSITA' MONS. SANTA VIA MAZZOTTI Piazza del Contemporary Art - Carmelo Convent

F. A. MAZZO TTI 17 PIETRO SAN COMUNE LARGO LARGO PAZZOLA VIA G. ARAOLLA 22 L.GO SISINI VIA GIUSEPPE Carmelo CASAGGIA 7 VIA CAVOUR

VIA DELLE ROSE ANT VIA VIA PAZZOLA VIA TURRITANA 23

MONACHE VIA SISINI Rosario SANT' CASTELVI' VIA G. CAPRA CONDOTTO LARGO DI INFERMERIA VIA AL DUOMO 24 VICO CAMPANILE “Brigata Sassari” Historical Museum Piazza della SAN PIETRO 13 VIA CAPO D'ORO VIA CAVOUR ST AZIONE VICOLO 25

VIA DEL FIORE VERDE Piazza 12 TURRITANA Piazza d’Italia and Palazzo della Provincia VIA MARGHERITA VIA VIA GRAN DUOMO VIA GAZOMETRO VIA MAZZINI 26

APOLLINARE VIA ARBOREA “G. A. Sanna” National Museum VIA ENRICO COSTA FIUME VIA VIA 11 Piazza 27 VIA DEI CORSI VIA CASALABRIA FIUME University SALITA L.GO POZZO LARGO 28 DEL VAGLIO Santa Maria di Betlem IO Piazza VIA

DI VILLA VIA MARONGIU SEMINARIO UNIVERSITÀ ARCIVESCOVADO VIA CCH DECIMARIO STAZIONE VIA OZIERI FRIGAGLIA

VE VIA ENRICO COST

VIA SASSARI BRIGATA VIA VIA CARLO ALBERTO FF.SS. VIA 27 CORSO F. A. VICO TORRE TONDA

LARGO ISABELLINE A OUTSIDE MAP AREA DEL VAGLIO ARCIVESCOVADO LARGO PORTA NUOVA QUADRATO VIA EMICICLO ELISABETTA VIA FRASSO VIA GIORGIO ASPRONI 9 Monte d’Accoddi Prenuragic Village VIA GARIBALDI

VIA SEMINARIO VIA DI SAVOIA Ex SS 131, Km 222 M A D D A L E N E D D A MADDALENA

Largo AIV ARALOVAT CORSO MARGHERITA DI SAVOIA 10 Domus de Janas di Montalè

VIA MACAO SANT' Via Medaglie d’Oro, Li Punti

GIARDINI 29 “F. Bande” Ethnographic Museum

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VIA XXV APRILE XXV VIA VIA Via Muroni, 44 PUBBLICI AIV ITALIA EL MACAO DISCESA SANTA CROCE 30 San Pietro in Silki LARGO CORSO MARGHERITA VIA GIUSEPPE MANNO Viale San Pietro PORTA UTZERI VIA MICHELE COPPINO V.LE MANCINI V.LE MANCINI Piazza 28 SOTTOVIA S. MARIA Piazza V.LE MANCINI SANTASANT AMARIA MARIA

CORSO GIOVANNI MARIA ANGIOY

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