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Alghero

Alghero is a beautiful town on the north-western shore of , . It is best known for its beautiful beaches, unique food, and also for its heritage; in fact, it was known in the past as la Barceloneta sarda, little Sardinian Barcelona.
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  • Type: Town with 42,100 residents
  • Description: Italian commune
  • Also known as: “090003” and “S’Aliguera/l’Alguer/Alghero”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alghero railway station and Alghero Cathedral.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
, otherwise the Cathedral of St. Mary the Immaculate, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Alghero in the , , Italy.

Stadium
Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.
is an arena in Alghero, . It is primarily used for football, and is the home to the Polisportiva Alghero of the Eccellenza Sardinia. The stadium has a capacity of 2,815 spectators.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fertilia.

Village
Photo: Discanto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a frazione in the municipality of Alghero in the , , . is situated 4½ km northwest of Alghero.

Alghero

Latitude
40.5587° or 40° 33′ 31″ north
Longitude
8.3153° or 8° 18′ 55″ east
Population
42,100
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
8FGCH858+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 72994199
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6537821
Wiki­data ID
Q166282
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Alghero” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Alghero”
  • Arabic: “ألغيرو”
  • Arabic: “الغيرو”
  • Aragonese: “Alghero”
  • Aragonese: “Alguer”
  • Aragonese: “L’Alguer”
  • Aragonese: “S’Alighèra”
  • Armenian: “Ալգերո”
  • Arpitan: “L’Alguér”
  • Arpitan: “L’Alguèr”
  • Asturian: “Alghero”
  • Asturian: “L’Alguer”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alqero”
  • Basque: “Alger”
  • Basque: “Alghero”
  • Basque: “Alguer”
  • Basque: “L’Alguer”
  • Belarusian: “Альгера”
  • Bengali: “আলগেরু”
  • Bosnian: “Alghero”
  • Bosnian: “L’Alguer”
  • Bosnian: “L’Alièra”
  • Bosnian: “S’Alighèra”
  • Breton: “Alghero”
  • Bulgarian: “Алгеро”
  • Catalan: “Alghero”
  • Catalan: “Alguer”
  • Catalan: “l’Alguer”
  • Catalan: “L’Alguer”
  • Catalan: “Vila fortificada de l’Alguer”
  • Cebuano: “Alghero”
  • Central Bikol: “Alghero”
  • Chechen: “Альгеро”
  • Chinese: “Alghero”
  • Chinese: “阿尔盖罗”
  • Chinese: “阿爾蓋羅”
  • Croatian: “Alghero”
  • Czech: “Alghero”
  • Danish: “Alghero”
  • Dutch: “Alghero”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجيرو”
  • Esperanto: “Algero”
  • Esperanto: “Alghero”
  • Esperanto: “Alguer”
  • Esperanto: “L’Alguer”
  • Finnish: “Alghero”
  • French: “Alghero”
  • French: “Fertilia”
  • French: “L’Alguer”
  • French: “sardo S’Alighéra”
  • Galician: “Alghero”
  • Galician: “Alguer”
  • Galician: “L’Alguer”
  • German: “Alghero”
  • German: “Klein-Barcelona”
  • German: “L’Alguer”
  • German: “S’Alighera”
  • Greek: “Αλγκέρο”
  • Gujarati: “અલઘેરો”
  • Hebrew: “אלגרו”
  • Hebrew: “ל’אלגר”
  • Hindi: “अल्घेरो”
  • Hungarian: “Alghero”
  • Ido: “Alghero”
  • Indonesian: “Alghero”
  • Interlingua: “Algario”
  • Irish: “Alghero”
  • Italian: “Alghero”
  • Italian: “Comune di Alghero”
  • Japanese: “アルゲーロ”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್ಘೆರೊ”
  • Kazakh: “Alʹgero”
  • Kazakh: “Альгеро”
  • Kazakh: “الگەرو”
  • Korean: “알게로”
  • Kurdish: “Alghero”
  • Ladin: “Alghero”
  • Ladino: “Algero”
  • Ladino: “Alguero”
  • Latin: “Algaria”
  • Latin: “Algarium”
  • Latvian: “Algēro”
  • Lezghian: “Альгеро”
  • Ligurian: “Alghero”
  • Lithuanian: “Algeras”
  • Lombard: “Alghero”
  • Luxembourgish: “Alghero”
  • Macedonian: “Алгеро”
  • Malay: “Alghero”
  • Marathi: “आल्जेरो”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Alghero”
  • Moksha: “Альгэро”
  • Neapolitan: “Alghero”
  • Northern Frisian: “Alghero”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alghero”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “L’Alguer”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alghero”
  • Norwegian: “Alghero”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “L’Alguer”
  • Ossetian: “Альгеро”
  • Papiamento: “Alghero”
  • Persian: “آلگرو”
  • Piemontese: “Algher”
  • Polish: “Alghero”
  • Portuguese: “Alghero”
  • Portuguese: “Alguer”
  • Portuguese: “L’Alguer”
  • Romanian: “Alghero”
  • Russian: “Алгер”
  • Russian: “Алгеро”
  • Russian: “Алигера”
  • Russian: “Альгер”
  • Russian: “Альгеро”
  • Sardinian: “Alghero”
  • Sardinian: “Alighera”
  • Sardinian: “L’Alguer”
  • Sardinian: “S’Alighera”
  • Sardinian: “S’Alighèra”
  • Scots: “Alghero”
  • Serbian: “Algero”
  • Serbian: “Alghero”
  • Serbian: “Алгеро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alghero”
  • Sicilian: “Alghero”
  • Sinhala: “ඇල්ගේරෝ”
  • Slovenian: “Alghero”
  • Spanish: “Alghero”
  • Spanish: “Alguer”
  • Spanish: “Alguero”
  • Spanish: “El Alguer”
  • Spanish: “L’Alguer”
  • Swahili: “Alghero”
  • Swedish: “Alghero”
  • Tagalog: “Alghero”
  • Tagalog: “Alguer”
  • Tamil: “அல்கேரோ நகரம்”
  • Tamil: “அல்கேரோ”
  • Tatar: “Альгеро”
  • Telugu: “అల్గెరో”
  • Thai: “อัลเกโร”
  • Turkish: “Alghero”
  • Ukrainian: “Алгеро”
  • Ukrainian: “Альгеро”
  • Ukrainian: “Альґеро”
  • Urdu: “الگھیرو”
  • Urdu: “الگیرو”
  • Venetian: “Alghero”
  • Vietnamese: “Alghero”
  • Volapük: “Alghero”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alghero”
  • Western Frisian: “Alghero”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿尔盖罗”
  • “Alghero”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Alghero”. Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.