Cagliari 2.5.2011

Cagliari shots
Cagliari has a busy port.: busy traffic from the Italy mainland to Sardinia.  However, I have no chance to view Cagliari from the sea.




Night view from the high point.


Cagliari, founded by the Phoenicians and called Karali or Karales, is now the capital of the autonomous region of Sardinia.
It is a castel city.

Bastione di Saint Remy, there is a lift at the back to climb up the castle.

 

Cathedrale di Santa Maria


Torre dell'Elefante, or Elephant Tower, was erected in the early 14th century and was part of the defensive walls enclosing Cagliari. It's near the castle

The Cagliari amphitheatre, which was built in the II century AD. today is a centre for lyric and theatrical shows. The steps are carved almost completely in the rock taking advantage of the slanted ground. The central underground hole that was dug along the main axis is still noticeable in the middle of the arena and it was intersected by an underground corridor accessible through two opposite staircases by the sides of the arena itself. There are only traces left of the works in cement used to integrate a natural opening in the rock that interrupted the terraces on the north-eastern side and closed the amphitheatre in on the opposite side; whilst the blocks used during the restoration works in the early 1900s' are more evident.