Alghero is a city of about 45,000 inhabitants in the Italian insular province of Sassari in northwestern Sardinia, next to the Mediterranean Sea. The city's name comes from Aleguerium, which is a mediaeval Latin word meaning "stagnation of algae".
Nuraghe Palmavera near Alghero.
Sulis Tower
San Francesco Church
Civic Square
Algherese or Alguerese is the variant of Catalan spoken in the city of Alghero, in the northwest of Sardinia, Italy.
A bilingual sign in Alghero
Bilingual street sign in the old town of Alghero
Poster for the Premi Rafael Sari 2008
Monument to the unitat de la llengua in Alghero