Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Sassari, Italy

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 3.7 km
Ascend 114 m
Descend 65 m

Explore Sassari in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Sassari

Sight 1: Orto Botanico - Università di Sassari

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The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Sassari is a new building complex now being constructed for the University of Sassari. It is located between Via Piandanna and SP15m at the western edge of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, and appears to be a successor to an earlier garden maintained by Regia Università di Sassari circa 1890-1910 Unclear events have accompanied the history of this building complex: and at that time, after 2009, criminal investigations were initiated.

Wikipedia: Orto Botanico dell'Università di Sassari (EN)

1436 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa di San Donato

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Chiesa di San Donato

The church of San Donato is a place of worship in Sassari, built in the second half of the thirteenth century.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Donato (Sassari) (IT)

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa di San Sisto

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The church of San Sisto is a place of worship in Sassari, Italy, home to the parish of San Donato and San Sisto. It is located in the street of the same name in the historic center.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Sisto (Sassari) (IT)

166 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Museo - Palazzo della Frumentaria

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Museo - Palazzo della Frumentaria Felisopus / CC BY 3.0

La Frumentaria, or Palazzo della Frumentaria, is a historic building in Sassari used as a museum and gallery of contemporary art. Located in the district of San Sisto, on the corner of Via al Rosello and Via delle Muraglie, it represents one of the rare survivals of Sassari civil construction of the sixteenth century.

Wikipedia: Frumentaria (IT)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Fontana del Rosello

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Fontana del Rosello

The Fountain of the Rosello is a fountain in Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, considered the symbol of the city. It is located at the end of the Rosello valley next to the ancient district of the city.

Wikipedia: Fountain of the Rosello (EN)

602 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 6: Museo d'arte contemporanea Masedu

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Museo d'arte contemporanea Masedu Utente:Felisopus / CC BY 3.0

The Masedu Museum of Contemporary Art is a contemporary art museum based in Sassari in the Monte Rosello district.

Wikipedia: Museo d'arte contemporanea Masedu (IT)

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Basilica del Sacro Cuore

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The Basilica of the Sacred Heart is a Catholic place of worship in Sassari, a parish church in the popular district of the same name, built in 1925.

Wikipedia: Basilica del Sacro Cuore (Sassari) (IT)

954 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 8: Teatro Comunale

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Teatro Comunale SalvatoreN / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Municipal Theatre of Sassari is the largest theatre in the city and, with its 1421 seats, one of the largest in Sardinia.

Wikipedia: Teatro Comunale di Sassari (IT)

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