Theme Week Sardinia – Alghero

2 August 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Alghero from the Lido's beach © flickr.com - jimmyroq/cc-by-sa-2.0

Alghero from the Lido’s beach © flickr.com – jimmyroq/cc-by-sa-2.0

Alghero is a town of about 44,000 inhabitants. It lies in the province of Sassari in northwestern Sardinia, next to the Mediterranean Sea. The Catalan language is co-official in the city, unique in Italy. The area of today’s Alghero has been settled since pre-historic times. The so-called Ozieri culture was present here in the 4th millennium BC; while the Nuraghe civilization was present in the area around 1500 BC.   read more…

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