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So goodmorning, it’s 6am, we are feeling so sleepy, I don’t know if we’re going to make it and we gathered here to celeb….no.
We gathered here in peace…
We gathered here to record the second episode of “Discovering Sardinia”, so Carlo tell the audience where you are going to take us today.
Today we are going to visit a beatiful town close to Sassari, named Castelsardo.
Wonderful, I don’t know if you have ever been here, anyway do you wanna say something?
Yes, it is said Casteddu Sardu..
He read the word’s file
So we are ready
We are driving on the Buddi Buddi, a beautiful road that takes you to a lot of beautiful places, like Castelsardo, Santa Teresa and more….
Here we are at the end of the Buddi Buddi, as you can see there is a roundabout, to go to Castelsardo it shows that you have to go straight, but you can turn on your right like we did and take a secondary road.
Wake up!
Eh, where are we? Are we there yet? Ah no, we are at about 15km from Castelsardo, ehhhhh I was sleeping deeply, sorry….
Castelsardo is an Italian town with a population of about 6000 people, it’s part of the Province of Sassari, it overlook the Gulf of Asinara
and thanks to its position this place has a unique view, that sweeps along all coasts of the gulf
The Roman population built their houses close to what is today the turistic harbour
At that time the landing place was on a beach called Frittum Jani, from which the arbour and the overhanging hill have been called, Frigiano
Behind me there is the fortress, which date back to the medieval period and now we are going on the top of the castle and you’ll see
Here we are at the entrance of the castle, as you can see you can visit it from 9am to 12am and the price of the ticket is 2 euro for adults while for the children is only 1euro, let’s go!
The structure has originally been built with sandstone and trachyte
and consistently to its defensive role has been frequently used as military base, in fact after the first world war until 1963 has been used as barrack of Carabinieri
In 1978 the first renovation has been started, which ended in 1985.
The structure evolved depending on the temporary users
the most recent renovation on the other hand didn’t change much of the structure
talking about the internal space, where now there is a spacious terrace
there was only a way for the guard and a small bulwark for the cannons.
Thanks to the use over the time, the castle is the most kept fortress of the island
The unique position contribute to the choice of this place as site of ancient built-up areas
Here, behind me, you can see the cathedral named after Saint Antonio Abate and its bell tower with its dome made in majolica.
It rises on the ancient ruins of the romanic church and it was consecrated cathedral on the 26th of November 1503
Now we are going to walk on a way open since 2 centuries that links the bell tower with the great tower, please follow us.
Isn’t it the same as going down the stairs which take you to the “Neptune's Grotto”? No.
Go Carlo so you might lose a bit of weight
The entire village built on the rock is entirely surrounded by great walls
The inhabitant living in the neighbourhood gradually moved inside the rock
this contributed to the origin of the town as we can see it nowadays
Castelsardo was the last town of the island to be included in the Sardinian Aragonese Kingdom, in 1448, in the same year it was elected royal town
We are on the drawbridge, while on my left hand side, you can see the Pisan door, which is one of the two ancient recently recovered.
The most famous typical event of the town is the ensemble of the Holy week rites
The most interesting day is the Lunissanti, during which people make a pilgrimage to the close basilica of Tergu
The event is well known all over the world
Another typical event of Castelsardo is the summer carnival
that takes place in the main street of the town and ends with a fireworks display
In 1767, during the kingdom of Carlo Emauele III, Castelsardo got its current name
See you at the next discovery