What is Alghero?
{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Alghero | official_name = {{lang|it|Città di Alghero}} {{in lang|it}}<br/>{{lang|ca|Ciutat de l'Alguer}} {{in lang|ca}} | native_name = {{nativename|ca|L'Alguer}} | image_skyline = Alghero - Panorama (02).jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = 16th century Aragonese Crown city walls | image_flag = Siñal d'Aragón.svg | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Italy Sardinia | coordinates = {{coord|40|33|N|08|19|E|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Sardinia]] | province = [[Province of Sassari|SS]] | frazioni = [[Fertilia]], Guardia Grande, I Piani, Loretella, Maristella, Sa Segada, [[Santa Maria La Palma]], Tramariglio, Villassunta | mayor_party = [[Centrism| Centre-right]] | mayor = Mario Conoci | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 224.43 | population_footnotes = <ref>Population data from [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|Istat]]</ref> | population_total = 43945 | population_as_of = | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonyms = Algheresi<br>Algueresos | elevation_footnotes =30 June 2017 | elevation_m = 7 | saint = [[St. Michael]] | day = 29 September | postal_code = 07041 | area_code = 079 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.alghero.ss.it}} | footnotes = spoken language: [[Catalan language|Catalan]] }} '''Alghero''' (Italian pronunciation: [alˈɡɛro]; {{lang-ca|L'Alguer}}, IPA: [ɫəɫˈɣe], locally: [lalˈɣe]; {{lang-sc|S'Alighèra}}; {{lang-sdc|La Liéra}}), is a city of about 44,000 citizens in [[Italy]]. It lies in the [[Provinces of Italy|province]] of [[Province of Sassari|Sassari]] in northwestern [[Sardinia]], next to the sea. In the 1930s, the Swedish writer [[Amelie Posse Brazdova]] wrote a