The attractive archaeological museum

Sassari

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May 21st 2011
21 May 2011 Before we left the U.K. we knew that on 22 May, a large annual festival called the Cavalcarta was to be held at Sassari, Sardinia’s second city, and it was something we particularly wanted to see. Sassari has no camp sites but is about 40k from Alghero with a good train connection and the station is within walking distance of where we are staying. So today we did a reconnaissanc ... read more

Europe » Italy

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more