Forte San Giorgio

Forte San Giorgio is a ruins in La Maddalena, Sassari, Sardinia. Forte San Giorgio is situated near the islet Isolotto Roma, as well as near the quarry Cava di Villamarina.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Isolotto Roma and Palau Marina train station.

Isolotto Roma

Islet

Photo: Discanto, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Isolotto Roma is an islet, which is situated 530 metres northwest of Forte San Giorgio.

Palau Marina train station

Railway station

Photo: Gunnar1m, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Palau Marina train station is a railway station, which is situated 2 km southwest of Forte San Giorgio.

Punta Palau Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the northern extremity of a granite promontory where, shaped by time, appears a natural sculpture that looks like a bear, symbol of Palau in front of the Maddalena archipelago on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Punta Palau Lighthouse is situated 2 km west of Forte San Giorgio.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palau and Porto Pollo.

Palau

Village

Photo: Awd, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Palau is a town and comune in the Province of Gallura North-East Sardinia, in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy, about 220 kilometres north of Cagliari and about 30 kilometres northwest of Olbia.

Porto Pollo

Hamlet

Photo: brunobarbato, CC BY 3.0.

Porto Pollo is an Italian località, in the comune of Palau, on the northern Sardinian coast in the Province of Sassari. Porto Pollo is situated 7 km west of Forte San Giorgio.

Isola dei Gabbiani

Photo: Lory2k, CC BY 3.0.

The Isuledda, also called Isola dei Gabbiani, is an almost-island in northern Sardinia, Italy, facing the Sardinian channel. Covering an area of approximately 180,000 m2, it is almost completely surrounded by the sea, and connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus of sandy terrain, hence, despite the name, it is in fact a peninsula.

Forte San Giorgio

Type: Ruins
Categories: fort, building, and historic site
Location: La Maddalena, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

41.19369° or 41° 11′ 37″ north

Longitude

9.40184° or 9° 24′ 7″ east

Open location code

8FHF5CV2+FP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 277780392

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

Wikidata ID

Q113577562

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In Other Languages

From Italian to Turkish—“Forte San Giorgio” goes by many names.

Italian: “Forte San Giorgio”
Turkish: “San Giorgio Hisarı”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Cava di Villamarina and Monte Guardia Moro.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Torre San Stefano and Clubviaggi Resort Santo Stefano.

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