Sassari

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SASSARI

Region : Sardegna
Province : Sassari

Official blazon
Italian	Inquartato: al 1° e 4° di Savoia (di rosso alla croce d'argento); al 2° e 3° d'oro al castello di rosso, merlato, aperto e finestrato.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on April 10, 1936.

In the 14^th century the Byzantine rulers divided the island of Sardinia in four kingdoms, call Judicates; Torres (arms: a tower, a canting element), Gallura (arms: a rooster, also a canting element), Arborea (with a canting tree, arbor-tree) and Calaris (whose arms are unknown). Sassari was the capital of the Judicate of Torres and Torres was also its name as a town. So, the tower appearing in the quarters repeats the arms of the Judicate of Torres; the cross is a modification of the arms of Savoya, the Italian royal dynasty.