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 a city rich in art, culture and history, and is well known for its beautiful palazzi, the Fountain of the Rosello, and its elegant neoclassical architecture, such as Piazza d ' Italia ( Italy Square ) and the Teatro Civico ( Civic Theatre ).

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.

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.

He was also a professor of constitutional law at the University of Sassari.

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.

In an attempt to improve the poor condition of the newly acquired Sardinia, he also restored the Universities of Sassari and Cagliari.

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.

Segni was also a professor of law at University of Sassari.

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.

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.

The son of a Sardinian landowning family, born in Sassari, Sardinia, he studied to become a lawyer with a degree in agricultural and commercial law.

He earned a bachelor's degree in law and political science in 1928, and subsequently taught law at the University of Sassari, and then at the University of Pisa ( where he became the rector in 1941 ).

He studied law at Sassari and Turin, and in 1782 was made judge of the consulate at Nice.

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

Cossiga was born in Sassari in the north of Sardinia.

Mario Berlinguer () ( Sassari, August 29, 1891 – Rome, September 5, 1969 ) was an Italian lawyer and politician.

Born in Sassari, in his youth he was a follower of the Meridionalist activist Gaetano Salvemini.

Since its origins at the turn of the 12th century, Sassari has been ruled by the Giudicato of Torres, the Pisans, the Sassaresi themselves in alliance with Genoa, the Catalan-Aragonese and the Spanish, all of whom have contributed to Sassari's historical and artistic heritage.

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.

Sassari was sacked by the Genoese in 1166.

After the assassination of Michele Zanche, the latter's last ruler in 1275, Sassari became subject to the Republic of Pisa with a semi-independent status.

The proclamation of the Republic of Sassari ( The Council ), Giuseppe Sciuti, 1880, Sassari.

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 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 Jesuits founded the first Sardinian university in Sassari in 1562.

Sassari, along with the rest of Italy, became part of the newly created Kingdom of Italy.

Sassari became an important industrial center.