Editing Sassari (section)

== Culture ==
[[File:Université de Sassari.JPG|thumb|right|University of Sassari]]

===Language===
[[File:Maps of Corsican Dialects.svg|thumb|right|The Sassarese compared to Corsican dialects]]
{{see also|Sassarese language}}
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[[Sassarese]] (''Sassaresu'' or ''Turritanu'') is much closer to [[Corsican language|Corsican]] and [[Tuscan language]] than it is to [[Sardinian language|Sardinian]], although this fact has caused some political controversy. It originated as a [[lingua franca]] between the first [[Sardinians]], [[Corsicans]], [[Toscana|Tuscans]] and [[Liguria]]n people, during the period of the [[maritime republics]]. The original [[Tuscan language|Tuscan structure]] was influenced by the [[Logudorese dialect|Sardinian Logudorese]] spoken in the area, with a strong influence that can be felt in its phonetics and vocabulary, and by [[Catalan language|Catalan]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]] in vocabulary.

Sassarese is spoken in Sassari and its immediate area by approximately 120,000 people out a total population of 175,000 inhabitants; it is also the language of the north-west of Sardinia, including [[Stintino]], [[Sorso]] and [[Porto Torres]]; in the mid-northern areas of Sardinia, its ''Castellanesi'' dialects of [[Castelsardo]], [[Tergu]] and [[Sedini]] are more similar to the [[Gallurese]].

===Main sights===
[[File:Panorama Sassari 2.png|thumb|right|220px|View of the medieval district of the town]]
* Archeological site of [[Monte d'Accoddi]]: a unique prehistoric monument with a [[step pyramid]] construction
*The [[Pisan]] City Walls that in the 13th century surrounded the city with 36 towers (at the moment only 6 remain), and the [[Crown of Aragon|Catalan-Aragonese]] Castle named [[Castello di Sassari]], demolished in 1877, whose ruins, including some rooms, the basement, and part of a tower were rediscovered in 2008.
* The church of St. Peter in Silki, built in the 12th century but renovated in the 17th century. Here were found the medieval codes known as [[Condaghe di san Pietro]] in Silki.
* ''Corso Vittorio Emanuele'' is the main street of the medieval town, surrounded by interesting buildings of different ages, such as several examples of Catalan-gothic (as the so-called ''House of [[Enzio of Sardinia|Re Enzo]]''), the baroque church of ''Sant' Andrea'', built by Corsican community, the neoclassic ''Civic Theatre'' and ''Quesada's palace''.
* The Cathedral of St. Nicholas of Bari, built in the 13th century and enlarged in Catalan Gothic style from 1480; there is a monument to the [[Duca di Moriana]] inside.<ref name=Catholic/> The façade, belonging to the [[Baroque]] Spanish colonial restorations of 1650–1723, has a rectangular portico surmounted by three niches housing statues of saints. The bell tower is in [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] style.
* The church and monastery of ''Santa Maria di Bètlem'' (13th–19th century). The original façade and parts of monastery  are in [[Lombard Romanesque]] style, some chapels in [[International Gothic]],  while the rest of the building, include the big dome, was rebuilt in [[Baroque]] and [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassic]] style, by the Sardinian architect Antonio Cano in 1829–34.
* The Church of the Most Blessed Trinity contains a beautiful picture by an unknown artist of the Quattrocento.<ref name=Catholic>{{Catholic|wstitle=Sassari|inline=1}}</ref>
* The [[:it:Cimitero comunale di Sassari|Cimitero comunale di Sassari]] (Sassari Cemetery) opened in 1837 adjacent to the Chiesa San Paolo al Cimitero just west of the [[Sassari railway station|main railway station]]
* ''Palazzo D'Usini'', most important example of civilian architecture of the Renaissance period in Sardinia (now housing the main Public Library, therefore open to visits from the public).
* The [[Fountain of the Rosello]], built in 1606 by Genoese craftsmen. It is made by two squared parts surmounted by two crossing arches supporting the statue of St. Gavino.
* University Palace (17th–20th century), originally a Jesuit school.
* The Ducal Palace (current Town Hall, 1775–1806), built for the [[Duke of the Asinara]] in the 18th century.
* ''Piazza d'Italia'' (19th century) is the main square in Sassari. It is surrounded by interesting buildings such as the [[Neo-Gothic]] "Palazzo Giordano" and the [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] "Palace of Sassari's Province", where the ancient royal apartments of the [[House of Savoy]] were once located.
* [[Teatro Verdi (Sassari)|Teatro Verdi]], opera house and theater for concerts and plays

===Museums===
[[File:Museo sanna, ingresso 02.JPG|thumb|right|National "G.A. Sanna" Museum]]
* National Archaeological and Ethnographic "G.A. Sanna" Museum
* National Pinacotheca "Mus'A"
* Historical Museum of "[[Sassari Mechanized Brigade|Brigata Sassari]]"
* Museum of Science and Technology (it is constituted by many collections located in several university faculties: [[mineralogical]], [[Botany|botanic]], [[Entomological]], [[zoological]], [[anatomical]] collection "[[Luigi Rolando]]", [[physics]] and [[agronomic]] collection)
* Ethnographic Museum "Francesco Bande"
* Contemporary Art Museum "Masedu"
* Museum and Treasury of the Cathedral
* Museum of History of Sassari
* Museum of Sassari's Diocese
* Museum of [[Candelieri]]
* [[Mario Sironi]] art collection
* Art gallery "[[Giuseppe Biasi]]"
* Pavilion of Sardinian handicraft EXPO "I.S.O.L.A."
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===Festivals and traditions===
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[[File:Discesacandelierisassari.jpg|thumb|right|''Faradda di li candareri'']]
* The ''[[Faradda di li candareri]]'' (''Descent of the Candelieri'') is a devotional procession, in which enormous wooden candles are carried by members of the city [[guilds]] from the town centre to the church of Santa Maria of Betlem, in commemoration of the end of the plague in 1582, but it probably has older origins, from a cultural tradition from [[Pisa]] that as early as in the second half of the 13th century was practiced in some parts of Sardinia.
* The ''[[Cavalcata Sarda]]'' (the Sardinian Cavalcade), a main event in Sardinia. On the last Sunday of May thousands of people come from all over Sardinia to Sassari to parade through the city in their local folk costumes on foot and ride on hundreds of the best Sardinian horses.
* ''[[Sardinia Film Festival]]'' was founded in 2006. With 500 films, [[short subjects]], [[animated cartoons]] and [[documentaries]] in 2009, it has become the most prominent [[film festival]] in Sardinia.