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Alghero district
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The north-west
Sardinian town of Alghero is a lively and pretty city and
a flourishing tourist attraction not only for the summer masses
and elite? tourism but also for a new cosmopolitanism. Thanks to
flights connections, now Alghero is directly linked to main
Italian and European cities like Pisa, Milan, Rome, London,
Barcellona and Frankfurt.
Alghero is indeed a
unique gem in Sardinia and Italy itself. The city origin and
current zest is Catalan, Genoese and Sardinian.
Followed the
overthrow of the Genoese Doria?s family (originators of the city
in 1102) by the Aragon in 1354, the city is a unique mixture of
Mediterranean cultures. Thanks to that, the old town is showing
strong traces of the Spaniard culture being the local dialect,
the Algherese, close to Catalan. Its atmospheric narrow streets
named both in Catalan and Italian, and bright churches, bring a
colorful light to the city together with antique houses with
fashion iron made balconies, bakeries and fashion shops, all
shaped in strong and bright stones.
Alghero is
undoubtedly a unique Mediterranean and Medieval citadel, with
that special futures of being a coastal Coral Riviera as in its
seabed can be found one of the richest coral fauna of the world,
and shops, bars, and restaurants are a constant reminder of this
special ?gemstone? being all decorated with this characteristic
red, pink, and blue-sky jewel.
Several towers
divided the old from the new town. The main city sightseeing are
Porta Terra, one of these massive towers also known as the
Jewish Tower as it was created by a Jewish community in 1492,
the magnificent Catalan-Gothic Cathedral of Piazza del Duomo one
of the finest Mediterranean architectures, the nearby 16th
century Governor?s house Palazzo Abis, the charming 14th century
Church of San Francesco, the austere Palau Reial, and of course
the sandy beaches and the long pine tree marina surrounded with
bars, restaurants, disco-clubs, campsites and resorts offering
diving course and excursions.
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