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PORTO TORRES (anc. Turris Libisonis, q.v.) , a seaport on the See also:north See also:coast of See also:Sardinia, 122 M. N.W. of See also:Sassari by See also:rail. Pop. (1901), 3762 (See also:town); 4225 (See also:commune). It is only ro ft. above See also:sea-level, and is malarious, but is a seaport of some importance, having See also:regular See also:steam communication with See also:Ajaccio, See also:Leghorn and Cagliari, and with the north and See also:west coasts of Sardinia. The See also:church of S. Gavino, formerly the See also:cathedral, probably See also:dates from the iith See also:century. It is a Romanesque See also:basilica with a See also:nave and two aisles, divided by See also:ancient columns; at each end of the nave is an See also:apse. It has a 14th-century portal and two smaller doors at the sides added later in the Aragonese See also:style. See D. Scano, Storia.dell' See also:ark in Sardegna dal XI. al XIV. secolo (Cagliari–Sassari, 1907), 91 sqq.

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island of Asniara, the See also:principal See also:quarantine station of See also:Italy. Porto Torres was the seat of the See also:giudici of the north-west portion of the island (the See also: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 See also: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 See also:independent commune again until 1842.

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