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Sassari (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 43 38 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.7272 decimal degrees |
| Long: 008 33 37 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.5603 decimal degrees |
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Note: Settlement expanded as coastal peoples retreated inland during Saracen raids of 12th cen.; was important medieval center & capital of the "giudicato" (judiciary circuit division); went to Genoa in 1284, to Aragonese 1323, to Savoy 1718; bombed in WW II. |
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| Sassari (preferred,C,V)
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| Jordi de Sassaro (H,V)
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| Tatari (H,V)
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| Tathari (H,V)
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............ | name used in Middle Ages |
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Sardegna (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Sassari (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in Middle Ages, though prehistoric & Roman settlements had been nearby |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| archiepiscopal see (C) |
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transferred here from Porto Torres in 1441 |
| university center (C) |
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founded in 1562 |
| cultural center (C) |
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noted for art & archaeological museums, including large collection of prehistoric artifacts from all over Sardegna |
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