Alghero year of foundation it is not well defined, the most plausible is 1102 (G. Manno: Storia della Sardegna), settled by the Doria, a Genoese family, who initially populated Alghero with a small group of Ligurians.

Doria’s family banner

Around the origin of its name, there is no certainty either: the most logical one is the one that finds its reason in the word ‘seaweed’, in Italian alga (aliguerium), a very common aquatic plant in the whole Alghero’s marine area. The vast area around the town and the near plain Nurra was definitely populated since millennium: several necropolis and nuraghe are a proof of it. The Necropoli of Anghelu Ruju and the Santu Pedru one in the town urban area deserve a special mention. At the end of the XVII century after a census, the enumerated “nuraghi” were 100 circa, around Alghero and the whole Nurra. Another important remark, thanks to its size and preservation, goes to the Nuraghe Palmavera. There is, on the contrary, a lack of information about romans domination, except the Villa of Sant’Imbenia, in Porto Conte. Continue reading A brief history of Alghero →