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Cagliari's landmark is the imposing Cathedral of Santa Maria. It was built in the 13th century but has undergone numerous structural alterations over the years. It incorporates Romantic and Baroque styles, as well as the Pisan style. The current façade recalls the cathedral's original Romantic appearance, but the Baroque style still dominates the interior. A tour of the church reveals magnificent, detailed paintings on the ceiling, imposing sculptures, and a marble pulpit that once stood in Pisa Cathedral. In the crypt, you can marvel at around 300 burial chambers.

The tower got its name from a marble elephant statue above the gate. How could it be otherwise: From the tower, you can also enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of Cagliari and Sardinia. The price for this view is almost 120 steps.

Cagliari's Palazzo Civico, the seat of the Sardinian capital, rises like a bastion of white stone, elegant in its shapes and colors, a clear sail to the sea. It hasn't always stood where it stands today: at 145 Via Roma, or more precisely, it hasn't always been the seat of the city administration. Its original location was in the heart of Castello, in the upper, fortified part of the city, where it could be best defended: in Piazza Palazzo. It was the intuition of Ottone Bacaredda, the far-sighted mayor of a Cagliari that, although still in the 19th century, was already looking toward the next, to move the headquarters of the city's most important institution to a geographically opposite location: to Via Roma, in the Marina district, so popular but already striving for elegance, a bourgeois salon, overlooking the sea, facing outwards rather than protected from it as it had been until then.

Called Krly by the Phoenicians, Cagliari has a very ancient history, chapters of which can still be discovered in the streets of the old city. About 120 years ago the places of city power were moved from the old Castello district to the more modern area near the port, but the historical part of the city is still of great charm.

Historic center of Cagliari

Churches of Our Lady of Hope

Municipal headquarters of the Sardinian capital

The Bastione di Saint Remy is one of Cagliari's most iconic landmarks. Constructed between 1896 and 1902, it was built on the ancient defensive walls of the city and named after the first Piedmontese Viceroy, Baron of Saint Remy. The structure boasts a magnificent neoclassical design, featuring white and yellow limestone columns with Corinthian capitals, and it includes a monumental double-ramped staircase leading up to the Umberto I Terrace. The terrace offers stunning panoramic views of the city and the surrounding sea, making it a popular spot for both tourists and locals. The underlying gallery, known as Passeggiata Coperta, has served various purposes over the years—from an elegant banquet hall to a refuge for displaced people during World War II. The Bastione was severely damaged during the Allied bombings in 1943, which also destroyed many other significant buildings in Cagliari. After the war, the Bastione was carefully restored and continues to be a vital cultural and exhibition space in the city today.