The historic quartersThe historic quarters
Historic Quarters
Historic Quarters
Cagliari has been inhabited for a very long time, and owes its features to a melting pot of traditions, architectural styles and habits, influenced in turn by the former Roman, Byzantine, Spanish and Piedmontese dominations. A blend of the old and the new, Cagliari is at the same time a historical cultural city and a leading centre of the Sardinian economy. In Cagliari, culture, folklore and cuisine are not clichés: they are a real part of everyday life.
Castello Castello rises on the top of a calcareous hill, towering the whole city The Acropolis of Karali was likely built by the Phoenicians and it was its first settlement. The urbanistic layout is noneth... |
Marina This life of this Quarter is linked with the presence of the Roman seaport. Its ancie nt name, Lapola, was likely the one Romans used and it turned into the whole Quar... |
Stampace On the left of Largo Carlo Felice, on via Roma and moving south-west you will find the historic quarter of Stampace. "Stampaxi" as it is called in the local language wa... |
Villanova Villanova is the newest of the four historic quarters of Cagliari and it developed since XIII AD on the eastern side of Castello hills. The first time Villanova is mentioned ... |
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