Bosa is a small town a little inland at the foot of a small hill on the north bank of the Temo River; the old town is on the north bank, but Bosa stretches along both banks. It has a population of around 8,000 people. The area has been inhabited by nuraghe, the Phoenicians, and later by the Romans. During the middle ages (1112) Bosa was founded anew about 2.5 km away from the original settlement [1].
Bosa and Sardinia has been conquered by Spain [2]. Maybe the process of colonization (America and Asia) were tried out here, so to speak. Among other things, a leather industry developed, which was necessary for equipping ships and the military [3].
The narrow streets of the old town, which wind up to the castle, the picturesque corners and chapels invite you to slowly explore the city, sometimes to linger to take a closer look and only later to reach the destination on the hill (Castello Malaspina). I couldn't visit the castle, as it had been closed for renovation. So I went on to the cemetery, which looked interesting but was closed, too. In front of the Cemetery's parking lot I found a relief that one could mistake for a depiction of the Spanish colonization of South/Central America. Not far from there is a large baroque church (Chiesa del Carmine) from 1779. It has a very nice interior. Then again I visited the lower part of the old town with Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the Chiesa del Rosario.
Links and annotations:
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosa
[2] https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosa, if you like to dive deeper into history.
[3] Some information is directly from the guide's mouth, but I wasn't able to find a reference.
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