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PORTO TORRES (anc. Turris Libisonis, q.v.)

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 127 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: POL-PRE
PORTO TORRES (anc. Turris Libisonis, q.v.) , a seaport on the north
coast
  of Sardinia, 122 M. N.W. of Sassari by rail. Pop. (1901), 3762 (town); 4225 (commune). It is only ro ft. above sea-level, and is malarious, but is a seaport of some importance, having regular steam communication with Ajaccio, Leghorn and Cagliari, and with the north and west coasts of Sardinia. The church of S. Gavino, formerly the
cathedral
 , probably
dates
  from the iith century. It is a Romanesque basilica with a
nave
  and two aisles, divided by ancient columns; at each end of the
nave
  is an
apse
 . It has a 14th-century portal and two smaller doors at the sides added later in the Aragonese style. See D. Scano, Storia.dell' ark in Sardegna dal XI. al XIV. secolo (CagliariSassari, 1907), 91 sqq. To the N.N.W. is the
island
  of Asniara, the
principal
  quarantine station of Italy.
Porto
  Torres was the seat of the giudici of the north-west portion of the
island
  (the
district
  was called Torres or Logudoro) ; it was plundered by the Genoese in 1166, but remained the seat of the giudici until 1272, when it was divided between various Genoese families, the Doria, Malaspina, &c., and the giudici of Arborea. It was also the seat of a bishopric until 1441, when the see was transferred to Sassari,
Porto
  Torres being practically deserted, owing to its unhealthiness. It did not become an independent commune again until 1842.


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