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The Battle of Sanluri

Bosa defended by many towers and by the castle

In Bosa, on the top of the hill of Serravalle dominates the castle of the Malaspina family, marquises of the Lunigiana, of which remain the defence walls and the north keep (...)

Villasor, the Catalan castle now belongs to the City Council

In Villasor is worth a visit the castle once belonged to the Catalan family of Giovanni Sivilleris, who beginning from 1414, repopulated the abandoned village of Sorres after the conflicts between the Giudicato di Arborea (...)

Count Ugolino ordered the construction of the walls in Iglesias

The Count Ugolino Donoratico della Girardesca (he governed the at the time Villa di Chiesa and he is mentioned in the Hell of the Divine Comedy by Dante) ordered the construction of the walls the town. (...)

The most important fortifications of the other territories

In the medieval historical center of Oristano (region of Arborea), the tower of Mariano II carries us back to the times of the Giudicati: it is one of the most important entrance door (...)

The bastions and the Spanish towers in Alghero

In the old-town center of Alghero the evidences of the Aragonesians and of the Spanish domination are still numerous, starting with the Bastions that look over the port and the Marco Polo seafront (...)

Cagliari, the Spanish liked the fortress built by the Pisans

The district of Castello, in Caliari, is well-worth a detailed visit. It was fortified by the Pisans: to that period date back the Torre di San Pancrazio (San Pancrazio Tower - 1305, hosted the jails (...)

The fortress of Bellavista built by the Doria in defense of Castelsardo

The original name of Castelsardo (which, in 1102, was called Castelgenovese) is owed to the evident Ligurian origin of the Doria family. The castle was built, for the will of the Doria (...)

In Sanluri the only intact castle in Sardinia

Sanluri is one of the most important town in the new province of Medio Campidano (of which it could become the capital), which, in 2005, has obtained the political-administrative autonomy (...)