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Province of Cagliari

Cagliari (Italian: Provincia di Cagliari; Sardinian: Provìncia de Casteddu) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari. It has an area of 4,470 km², and a total population of 543,310 (2001). There are 71 comuni in the province http://www. upinet. it/indicatore. asp?id_statistiche=6.

Located at 39.2192, 9.11722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Province of Cagliari, Provinces of Italy

University of Cagliari

The University of Cagliari (Italian: Università degli Studi di Cagliari) is a university in Cagliari, Italy. It was founded in 1620 and is organized in 11 faculties.

Located at 39.217, 9.115 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Universities in Italy, Cagliari, Educational institutions established in the 1600s, Buildings and structures in Sardinia, Education in Sardinia

Teatro Lirico (Cagliari)

The Teatro Lirico di Cagliari is an opera house in Cagliari. It is the main theatre of the city. It was built to substitute the Teatro Civico, seriously damaged by the shelling of Cagliari operated by the Allies during World War II. After the war in Cagliari there wasn't a suitable theatre. The project, by the Italian architects Luciano Galmozzi, Pierfrancesco Ginoulhiac e Teresa Ginoulhiac Arslan, won a bid for the contract in 1967. The opera house was inaugurated in 1993.

Located at 39.2258, 9.12329 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Opera houses in Italy, Buildings and structures in Cagliari, Visitor attractions in Sardinia

Cagliari Cathedral

Cagliari Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale di Santa Maria e Santa Cecilia, Duomo di Cagliari) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It is the seat of the archbishop of Cagliari. The church was built in the 13th century in Pisan-Romanesque style, obtaining cathedral status in 1258. In the 17th and 18th centuries it was renovated along Baroque lines. In the 1930s it finally received the current façade, in Neo-Romanesque style, inspired by Pisa Cathedral.

Located at 39.2189, 9.11722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Churches in Sardinia, Cathedrals in Italy, Romanesque architecture in Sardinia, 13th-century architecture, Buildings and structures in Cagliari

Museo archeologico nazionale (Cagliari)

The Museo archeologico nazionale is a museum in Cagliari, southern Sardinia, Italy. The museum houses findings from the pre-Nuragic and Nuragic age to the Byzantine age. These include a large collection of prehistoric bronze statuettes from the Nuragic age, some earlier stone statuettes of female divinities, reconstruction of a Phoenician settlement, the Nora Stone, Carthaginian goldsmith examples, Roman and Italic ceramics and Byzantine jewels.

Located at 39.2219, 9.11694 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Archaeological museums in Italy, Museums in Sardinia, Buildings and structures in Cagliari

Torre di San Pancrazio

The Torre di San Pancrazio is a medieval tower in Cagliari, southern Sardinia, Italy. It is located in the Castello historical quarter of the city. The tower was built in 1305, during the Pisan domination of the city, by the Sardinian architect Giovanni Capula, who designed also the Torre dell'Elefante two years later, as well as the Torre dell'Aquila, partly destroyed in the 18th century and now incorporated in Palazzo Boyl.

Located at 39.2214, 9.11722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century, Towers in Italy, Buildings and structures in Cagliari

Torre dell'Elefante

The Torre dell'Elefante is a medieval tower in Cagliari, southern Sardinia, Italy. It is located in the Castello historical quarter of the city. The tower was built in 1307, during the Pisan domination of the city, by the Sardinian architect Giovanni Capula, who had also designed the Torre di San Pancrazio two years earlier, as well as the Torre dell'Aquila, partly destroyed in the 18th century and now incorporated in Palazzo Boyl.

Located at 39.2181, 9.115 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century, Towers in Italy, Buildings and structures in Cagliari

Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari

The Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari is an ancient Roman amphitheatre, located in the city of Cagliari, southern Sardinia, Italy. The structure, built in the 2nd century AD, was half carved in the rock, while the rest was built in local white limestone, with a façade surpassing 20 m in height. It housed fights between men and animals, of gladiators and other specialized fighters recruited in and outside Sardinia. It was also the seat of public executions.

Located at 39.2239, 9.11322 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Cagliari, Buildings and structures completed in the 2nd century, Roman amphitheatres in Italy