In the center of the city of Sassari there are a number of artistic and architectural landmarks that accompany an ordinary visitor through every historical era.
The era of World War II was a dark time for the people of Sassari, mainly told today by the few remaining air raid shelters in the city.
During the early years of World War II, a whole series of works for the protection of civilians began in all the major cities of Italy; Sassari was obviously not to be outdone, and in the city, under the strict rules of the National Union of Anti-Aircraft Protection, the construction of multiple air raid shelters began.
In the area of the “G. A. Sanna” Archaeological Museum there is one of these underground witnesses of that sad period.
Originally in the shelter there were four entrances now walled accessible by steep stairs leading inside the main corridors.
The dungeon consists of long corridors intersected by other short spaces that still have some features of the period such as lamp holders, the only source of light inside these underground structures dug into the bare rock.
