Porto Torres
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Porto Torres Posthudorra |
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| Comune | |
| Comune di Porto Torres | |
Aerial view of Porto Torres and the civic harbor
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 Porto Torres
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| Coordinates: 40°50′N 8°24′E / 40.833°N 8.400°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sardinia |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Sassari (SS) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sean Christian Wheeler |
| Area | |
| • Total | 102.62 km2 (39.62 sq mi) |
| Population (31 August 2008) | |
| • Total | 22,289 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Turritani or Portotorresi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 07046 |
| Dialing code | 079 |
| Patron saint | Gavinus |
| Saint day | 30 May |
| Website | Official website |
Porto Torres (Sassarese: Posthudorra, Sardinian: Pòrtu Turre) is a comune and city in northern Sardinia, in the Province of Sassari.
It is situated on the north-west coast about 25 kilometres (16 mi) east of the Gorditanian promontory (Capo del Falcone), and on the spacious bay of the Gulf of Asinara.
Porto Torres' territory is situate on north-west part of Sardinian Coast, inside the gulf called Gulf of Asinara. The extension of municipality is almost 10200 hectare and is suddivided in two parts with almost the same portion of land. One part is the part where is situated the city, the industry and the romanic ruins, the latter is Asinara island with the smaller Isola Piana. This part of territory is from 1997 a national park. The morphology of "city part" is flat, in fact Porto Torres and the rest part of north-west Sardinia is characterized by a Nurra flat, there are some hill formation in the middle of the flat, part of this hill formation is in Porto Torres' territory and the highest elevation of it is Monte Alvaro with it thickness of 342m. Furthemore the land territory is crossed by two rivers, Rio Mannu and Fiume Santo, the first draws the edge of Porto Torres territory on west instead the latter is pretty near the city and was used like a fluvial way from the Roman age.
In ancient times, Turris Libyssonis was one of the most considerable cities in Sardinia. It was probably of purely Roman origin, founded apparently by Julius Caesar, as it bore the title Colonia Julia.Pliny described it as a colony, the only on the island in his time, suggesting that there was previously no town on the spot, but merely a fort or castellum. It is noticed also by Ptolemy and in the Itineraries, but without any indication that it was a place of any importance.
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