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The high defensive wall of the city of Alghero in Sardinia
A photo of the splendid medieval wall in the historic centre of Alghero, a city fortified since the 13th century and now dedicated to tourism.
The historic center of the city is one of the most beautiful in all of Sardinia, and its bastions are fortified with 7 towers and 3 small fortresses.

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The city, one of the main ones in Sardinia and the fifth in the region in terms of population, is one of the gateways to the island, thanks to the airport located near Fertilia. Already the provincial capital during the 19th century and the surrounding area until the abolition of these entities, today it is considered the capital of the Riviera del Corallo, a name that derives from the fact that in the waters of its harbor there is a large quantity of red coral, fished by coral divers, an activity that with the processing and sale, has had great economic and cultural importance for centuries, so much so that a branch of coral is included in the city's coat of arms.
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The high defensive wall of the city of Alghero in Sardinia – Le haut mur défensif de la ville d’Alghero en Sardaigne – La alta muralla defensiva de la ciudad de Alghero en Cerdeña – A alta muralha defensiva da cidade de Alghero, na Sardenha – Die hohe Verteidigungsmauer der Stadt Alghero auf Sardinien – Bức tường phòng thủ cao của thành phố Alghero ở Sardinia – 撒丁岛阿尔盖罗市的高防御墙 – サルデーニャのアルゲーロ市の高い防御壁

Villa Las Tronas in Alghero.
Villa Las Tronas, a symbolic building in Alghero, photographed at sunset.
This enormous residence, built in 1880 on a cliff overlooking Capo Caccia, over the years has hosted first the Savoy family, then artists such as Samuel Beckett or Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; in recent decades it has been converted into a luxury hotel, frequented by Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, Madonna and many other contemporary stars.

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Alghero is an Italian municipality that forms part of the metropolitan network of Northern Sardinia in the province of Sassari, Sardinia. It is also known as the Sardinian Barceloneta, or “little Barcelona”: the city has in fact preserved the use of Catalan, of which it is a linguistic island and 22.4% of its inhabitants speak it in the Algherese variant, recognized by the Italian Republic (pursuant to art. 6 of the Constitution and law no. 482/99) and by the Sardinia Region as a minority language. This language is receiving protection through teaching programs and official use within the municipal territory. A delegation of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the regional government of Catalonia, also has its institutional headquarters in Alghero.
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