Tempio

Tempio stands at the foot of Monte Limbara in the interior of Gallura. Granite buildings give its old streets a character shared with other communities of northern Sardinia and southern Corsica. In 1621 Pope Gregory XV raised the church of Saint Peter to collegiate status. During the seventeenth century Tempio became a regular residence of the bishop of Ampurias and Civita; in 1836 King Charles Albert granted it the title of city.