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 Hotel Mistral 
Via Martiri Di Belfiore 2, Oristano
User review: 7.00. From EUR 56.00
Albergo Il Duomo
Via Vittorio Emanuele, 34, Oristano (sardegna)
User review: 8.87. From EUR 100.00
Mistral2 Hotel
Via XX Settembre 34, Oristano
User review: 7.60. From EUR 70.00
 Mariano Iv Palace Hotel
Piazza Mariano 50, Oristano
User review: 7.97. From EUR 50.00
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Oristano hotels - About Oristano
Oristano (Sardinian: Aristanis) is a town and commune in Sardinia, Italy, the capital of the province of Oristano. It has some 30,000 inhabitants.
The economy is largely focused on fishing.
It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oristano.
Oristano was the Byzantine Aristianis, which was founded next to the ancient Phoenician city of Othoca (current Santa Giusta). It became important in 1070, when archbishop Torcotorio moved here the bishopric seat from Tharros, probably due the Saracen attacks. The city was also named as capital of the giudicato ("judiciary", equivalent to a Duchy or Kingdom) of Arborea, and a program of fortification was begun, which was however completed only under judge Mariano II.
In the Middle Ages Oristano was frequently warring against the other Sardinian kingdoms, which culminated in the attempt to conquer the whole island by Mariano IV (reigned 1347-75) and his daughter Eleanor (1375-1404). The giudicato of Arborea was the last Sardinian kingdom to be conquered by the Catalan troops of the Kingdom of Aragon, with the 1478 defeat at Macomer. After that day Oristano followed the history of Sardinia under the Aragonese-Spanish domination (until 1708) and Piedmontese (from 1720), and was then part of the Italy.
In the fraction of Massama is the small pre-Romanesque church called Oratory of the Souls, showing influences from the Visigothic art of the 8th century.
Source: CIA Factbook, Wikipedia
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