Carlo Felice and the arrival of prosperity after years of crisis

When the Peace of Utrecht assigned Sardinia to Austrians (1713), the aristocracy of Sassari tried to keep privileges and the honors received during the Spanish domination. But in the 1720 Vittorio Amedeo II, duke of Savoy and king of Sicily, assumed also the title of king of Sardinia(...)

In the 1323 the city was offered to the king of Aragon

The Ghibelline party quite soon, stroke up a friendship with Giacomo II king of Aragon (that was vested with the title of king of Sardinia from Pope Bonifacio VIII in 1297), succeeding to raise the population against the podestà sent from Genoa. In 1323, the city was offered to the king of Aragon (...)

The aristocratic titles in the Royal City under Aragon

The king Alfonso “il Magnanimo” (the Magnanimous) of Aragona was the one who conferred to Sassari the title of royal city (such as Cagliari, Oristano, Bosa, Alghero, Castelsardo and Iglesias). He was also who bestowed aristocratic titles to the most important citizens of Sassari (...)

The communal Statutes for the justice and the public accounts

In the 1294 Sassari was equipped with its Statutes, written in Latin and subsequently translated into Logudorese language. But Genoa reserved the right of control, sending every year a podestà that presided the major Consiglio of the city (composed of hundred “juratos”). Each of the four quarters elected four delegates (...)

The name of Tathari appeared in 1131 on a curial register

As it has often happened in Sardinia, the first time in which the name of Sassari appeared in an official document has been on a curial registry: it was about Jordi de Sassaro, on an act of the year 1131, found in the antique monastery of San Pietro di Silki. Another document dated 1135, reference is made to the church dedicated to Sancti Nicolai de Tathari (...)