Sassarese is spoken in Sassari and in its neighbourhood, in the north-west of Sardinia.

The Sassarese language, spoken in the area of Sassari, also has similar characteristics, even if it is more linked to Logudorese and has a different, both geographical and historical, origin.

It is connected by train ( FdS ) to Macomer and by bus ( ARST, Azienda Regionale Sarda Trasporti ) to Cagliari, Sassari, Olbia, and to several minor centres in the province and the region.

The 11th-century Basilica of San Gavino in Porto Torres, Sassari, is also dedicated to this saint.

* In Sardinia, the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Sassari is founded.

There is an expressway to Nuoro and Cagliari ( SS131 ) and national roads to Sassari ( SS199-E840 ), Tempio Pausania ( SS127 ), and Palau ( SS125 ).

Sassari (; ; ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with over 130, 000 inhabitants, or about 275, 000 including the metropolitan area.

Sassari is located in north-western Sardinia, at 225 metres above sea level.

The thinly populated Nurra Plain, located to the west, occupies the main part of the region of Sassari, while the urban agglomeration, with a population of about 275, 000 inhabitants, is located to the south east.

In 1877 the old Catalan-Aragonese castle was demolished, and on the site the " Caserma La Marmora " was built, where the headquarters of " Brigata Sassari " is still located.

Today Sassari is the main cultural, administrative and historical centre of Northern Sardinia.

The University of Sassari is the oldest in Sardinia ( founded by the Jesuits in 1562-1627 ), and has a high reputation, especially in Jurisprudence, Veterinary, Medicine and Agriculture.

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.

* Piazza d ' Italia ( 19th century ) is the main square in Sassari.

Sassari is also the birthplace of Domenico Alberto Azuni, a jurist expert in commercial law.

The Municipal Council of Sassari is led by a left-wing majority, first elected in May 2005 and confirmed in 2010.

Ozieri () is a town and comune of approximatively 11, 000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia ( Italy ), in the Logudoro historical region.

Porto Torres (, ) is a comune and city in northern Sardinia, in the Province of Sassari.

The port is connected by ferries with Genoa, Marseille, Toulon, Barcelona, Civitavecchia, Propriano, Expressway SS131 / E25 to Sassari and Cagliari, and a national road to Santa Teresa Gallura ( SS200 ).

Fiume Santo, a 1, 040 MW power station owned by E. ON, is a 5-10 km west from the port, in the municipality of Sassari.

Nowadays Sardinia is most known for its coasts ( La Maddalena, Costa Smeralda ), the north-western coast near Sassari ( Alghero, Stintino, Castelsardo ) and Cagliari, because these are easily reachable by ship and by plane.

Usini is a town and comune in the province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy.

The city of Sassari surrenderd in 1323, but rebelled three more times and was contested by Genoa.

The city alternated years of crisis, featuring economic exploitation, the decrease of the maritime trade, made unsafe by the daily raids of Saracens pirates, political corruption of its rulers, the sacking of Sassari in 1527 by the French, and two plagues in 1528 and 1652, with periods of cultural and economic prosperity.

* The Pisan City Walls that in the 13th century surrounded the city with 36 towers ( which at the moment only 6 remains ), and the 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 Cavalcata Sarda ( the Sardinian Cavalcade ); the 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 riding on hundreds of the best Sardinian horses.

The ancient city continued to be inhabited till the 11th century, when the greater part of the population migrated to Sassari, about 15 km inland, and situated on a hill.

On 28 December 1795 in Sassari insurgents demonstrating against feudalism, mainly from the region of Logudoro, occupied the city.

In 1323 James II formed an alliance with Hugh II of Arborea and, following a military campaign which lasted a year or so, occupied the Pisan territories of Cagliari and Gallura along with the city of Sassari, claiming the territory as the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica.

Its capital is the city of Sassari.

Traditional singing accompanied by guitar cantu a chiterra is also found in Sardinia, represented by performers like Luiginu Cossu, Maria Carta, and nowadays Franco Denanni ; this genre is especially well known in the northwest region of Logudoro near the city of Sassari and in the northeast region of Gallura.

Although Sassari was founded in the early Middle Ages, the surrounding area has been inhabited since the Neolithic age, and throughout ancient history, by the Nuragics and the Romans.

It is spoken by approximately 120, 000 people ( in a total population of 175, 000 inhabitants ) in the northwest coastal areas of Sardinia, Italy: large Sassarese-speaking communities are present in Sassari, Stintino, Sorso and Porto Torres ; its transition varieties towards Gallurese, known as the Castellanesi dialects, can be heard in Castelsardo, Tergu and Sedini.

From 1323 the Republic of Sassari decided to side with the King of Aragon, in whose hands it remained for much of the following centuries, though the population revolted at least three times.

The University of Sassari gained first place in 2009 in the ranking for the best “ medium-sized ” Italian university, awarded by the Censis Research Institute.

Angioy moved from Cagliari to Sassari, and during his journey almost all the villages joined the uprising, demanding an end to feudalism, but he had lost all popular support he fled to Paris and sought support for a French invasion of the island.

In Sassari, with the painter Mario Delitala, also from Orani, Nivola had his artistic start, and soon the two worked together for the decoration of some spaces in the local university. He then moved to the Italian mainland, and in 1931 entered the ISIA, the state institute for Artistic Industry in Monza, near Milan.

* SS, the vehicle registration prefix for the Province of Sassari, Italy

At the time, the Piedmontese Studium became a point of reference for university reforms at Parma and Modena and subsequently a model for the universities in Cagliari and Sassari.

For the next 17 years Segni taught Agrarian Law for at the Universities of Pavia, Perugia, and Cagliari ; he was also rector of Sassari University.

He would play one game for Italian Serie C club Sassari Torres, and then re-sign with the Rough Riders ( then in the USL Pro Soccer League ) in 2004, scoring five goals with the team that first put him on the US soccer map.

After seeing Mihajlović practice, Blažević also agreed about the youngster's potential, taking him with the rest of the first team to Sassari for an impromptu getaway between two league matches towards the end of the season and even giving him a substitute appearance in Dinamo shirt in a friendly versus local club Torres Sassari.

He most recently played for Dinamo Sassari.