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| Cagliari is the capital of Sardinia. We were greeted by a friendly neighbor on the way into town. |
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| The Airbnb had an interesting elevator. |
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| And an interesting collection of maps. |
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| Nautical |
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| The top of the Bastion of Saint Remy has great views of the city. The Piedmontese turned the old fortifications here into a staircase. |
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| The gulf of Cagliari |
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| The old town is next to the Bastion. |
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| An interesting place for a shrine. |
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| The Cathedral of Saint Mary, constructed by the Pisans in the 13th century. |
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| Cagliari was badly bombed during World War 2. Evidence of this can be seen around the city. |
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| View from the old walls. |
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| The Elephant Tower was also built by the Pisans when they controlled Cagliari in the 13th and 14th centuries. |
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| The Pisan inscription on the tower |
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| See the elephant? |
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| Ecce homo |
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| Sardinia was an important Roman holding. Cagliari has an ancient Roman amphitheater in the center of town, among its many hills. |
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| Cagliari is home to many cats. |
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| There are many pleasant parks scattered across Cagliari. |
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| Many cats |
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| I'm not sure what this fountain art was going for. |
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| The Castle of San Michele was built in the 12th century to protect the capital of the Judgeship of Cagliari, an independent offshoot of the Byzantine empire. |
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| Good views from the castle. |
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| The bathroom was a little strange. |
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| Cagliari stretches through the valleys adjacent to its hills. |
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| The archeological area of Saint Eulalia is a Roman ruin that lies under a church in the heart of Cagliari. Cagliari was originally a Carthaginian settlement called Krly. Remnants of Cagliari's Punic past are scattered throughout the city as well. |
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| An old Roman road |
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| The dog church? |
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| The Basilica of San Saturnino, which has been rebuilt many times, was originally a 5th century Christian church built where St. Saturninus of Cagliari was supposedly buried. |
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| The Villa of Tigrello is another Roman ruin complex in the city. |
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| Modern art where the Roman aqueduct once stood |
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| Cagliari is also home to the Tuvixeddu Necropolis, used by Carthiginian and Romans starting in the 6th century BC. |
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| The necropolis is now a very cool, free, open air park. |
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| Don't fall in. |
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| The Cagliari Archeology Museum is excellent. Would you like to touch the Mother Goddess? |
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| This is what a beach on Cagliari might have looked like 100 years ago. |
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| The native Nuragic civilization has its own unique culture before Phoenician settlement. They natives were talented bronze workers, and made some interesting looking votive vessels. |
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| These are Punic offering to Bes to cure the ailments shown on the jars. |
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| Nuragic statues found on the west coast of Sardinia. |
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| Saint Efisio is carried from Pula up the coast of Sardinia to Cagliari every year. |
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| A stone tablet that may be one of the oldest examples of written language in Europe. Scholars still don't agree on what it says. |
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| Statues of the Egyptian god Bes have been found around Cagliari as well. |
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| Like all great Italian cities, Cagliari has some strange street art as well. |
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| La Pola restaurant in Cagliari was crazy, hectic, and delicious. The lobster, traditionally served with onion, was a steal. |
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| That doesn't seem like a fair fight. |
