Tempio Pausania

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Tempio Pausania
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Tempio Pausania (Italy)
Tempio Pausania
Country Italy
region Sardinia
province Sassari  (SS)
Local name Tempiu
Coordinates 40 ° 54 '  N , 9 ° 6'  E Coordinates: 40 ° 54 '0 "  N , 9 ° 6' 0"  E
height 566  m slm
surface 213.69 km²
Residents 13,798 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 65 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 07029
prefix 079
ISTAT number 090070
Popular name Tempiesi
Patron saint Paul of Thebes (?)
Website Tempio Pausania
View of Tempio Pausania
View of Tempio Pausania

Tempio Pausania ( Gallurese : Tempiu) is an Italian city in the province of Sassari in north-eastern Sardinia . The city has 13,798 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and is the seat of bishops and courts. Until 2016, Tempio Pausania was one of the capitals of the then dissolved province of Olbia-Tempio .

geography

Tempio Pausania is the historical and geographical center of Gallura . The districts of Tempio Pausania are Nuchis, Bassacutena and San Pasquale. Neighboring communities are Aggius , Aglientu , Arzachena , Berchidda , Bortigiadas , Calangianus , Erula , Luogosanto , Luras , Oschiri , Palau , Perfugas , Santa Teresa Gallura and Tula .

Attractions

traffic

The station
Painting by Giuseppe Biasi in the train station
Painting by Giuseppe Biasi in the train station

Tempio has a train station on the Sassari – Palau railway line , which is only served by trains from the so-called Trenino Verde in summer . Trains run from Tempio to Palau and from Tempio to Sassari . The listed railway station was built at the end of the 1930s when Tempio became a junction in the narrow-gauge network of Ferrovie della Sardegna , or FdS for short, and the now disused and partially dismantled Monti – Tempio Pausania railway and the Sassari – Palau railway met in Tempio . The train station itself is in the valley below the large Largo XXV Aprile. In the wood-paneled waiting hall, folkloric oil paintings run along as a frieze (no frescoes, but wooden panels). They show typical scenes from Sardinian village life in a large-scale, figurative style. They come from Giuseppe Biasi from Sassari. He received 750 lire for the commissioned work to beautify the then new train station.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Tempio Pausania  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.