ARCHEOLOGICAL AREA
CHURCH OF S. EULALIA
Address: Vico Collegio, 2
phone: 070663724
Under the church of S. Eulalia was recovered
on site, characterized by the superimposition of multiple
phases of attendance, distributed between the Republican
and the modern age. In 1990, during work in the sacristy,
dell'imboccatura the finding of a well full of debris, demolished
under the floor so deteriorated from moisture, has produced
evidence of so much interest gradually extend to the entire
space below the museum, and then reach the presbytery, and
now the whole church back, little by little, the image of
Cagliari during the high-medieval.
BASTIONE DI SAINT REMY
Address: Piazza Costituzione
Built at the beginning of the twentieth century
on the ancient ramparts of the Spanish Mint and the Spur,
connecting the old city to the districts of high Villanova
and Marina. La Terrazza Umberto I was inaugurated in 1901,
and until after World War II and still today is the most
familiar to Cagliari, with its magnificent view.
CASA MASSONICA
Address: Piazza Indipendenza
Noted some years ago by the Grand Orient
of Italy (GOI), the building, inspired classical was built
by the family Sanjust of Teulada. The new building replaced
the old building that was desired by the seat of Philip IV
and the eighteenth century military barracks and stables.
One of the rooms was also used as a public theater. Following
the collapse of a few times it was finally abandoned in 1852
and purchased for the construction of the new building.
TORRE DELL'ELEFANTE
Address: viale Università e Piazza San Giuseppe (opposite
side)
The Tower of the Elephant was built in
1307 by Pisans who entrusted the project to Capula John,
who also
designed the Tower of San Pancrazio (a third tower, the Torre
del Leone, severely damaged by British guns, and themselves
from Spanish French in 1793, was incorporated in the Palace
Boyl). The tower was part of the defense system sought by
Pisans. The three sides of the tower, traforati only at the
thin cracks of slits were made from the limestone hill of
Bonaria. The fourth side, facing the Castle, is open and
shows four floors built on raised platforms of wood. The
tower height reaches 35 with the torrino, while from the
side via New Way rises up to 42 meters in height. In 1800
it was finally used as a prison for political prisoners.
It was restored in 1906, thus regaining its original appearance. |