The public assembly was held yesterday evening in the council chamber of Pattada to address the problem of the large mobile phone mast that could change the profile of the hill of San Gavino forever .

A station about 33 meters high, on a reinforced concrete base. For many citizens, signatories of a petition, a real horror, a disfigurement of a site of great historical, cultural and landscape value , where a Benedictine church and convent still exist, even if no longer active, buildings that also appear in the Catasto De Candia in 1856, with the wording "municipal property".

The archaeologist Maria Antonietta Mongiu , former regional councilor for culture, the administrative magistrate Paolo Numerico and the spokesman of the citizens' committee, Pinuccio Ferma, explained all the phases of the process in front of a vast audience but, above all, the importance covers that site, a place described by the historian Vittorio Angius in 1833, as very panoramic, over 950 meters high, with stratifications without interruption from the prehistoric period up to today. In 1919 it was decided to use the central nave of the church as a war memorial in the First World War and to create a memorial park .

"The monument is bound by the Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape," said the archaeologist. There are over a thousand signatures collected and sent to the prefect of Sassari. On April 27, the TAR will address the issue. Meanwhile, the mayor Angelo Sini made it clear that these are primary urbanization works «and they can be installed in land having any urban destination. I don't like the antenna either – he admitted – but before taking any step I consulted with the lawyer».