TEMPIO PAUSANIA  , a

town of Sardinia, in the province of Sassari, from which town it is 52 M . E.N.E. by road . It is also reached by rail by a branch line (25 m.) N.W. from the main line from Terranova to Cagliari, leaving the latter at Monti, 14 m . S.W. of Terranova . Pop . (1901) 6511 (town), 14,573 (commune) . It lies in a mountainous district 1856 ft. above sea-level, to the N.N.W. of the Monte Limbara . It is the chief town of the Gallura, and has been an episcopal see since the 19th century (with Ampurias) . The cathedral is a modern building . The district is agricultural and pastoral . The costumes are picturesque, especially those of the women . For the name Pausania see TERRANOVA PAUSANIA .