12 events Cagliari | 1912 events Italy
National Archaeological Museum
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
The exhibition is organized into many sections. They present the findings reconstructing events that occurred on the island since the ancient Neolithic period to the high Middle Ages. The most important contexts divided by area highlighting specific features and characteristics.
Where: Arsenale square, the citadel of museums
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City: Cagliari
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National Art Gallery
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
Rising in the perimeter of the Arsenale. The exhibition presents works from the fourth to the sixteenth centuries with some creations of the Catalan master, testimonies of Sardinian culture from the 1500s and also a selection of paintings dating from the seventeenth and twentieth century of various Italian artistic currents, particularly Genoa and Naples. In addition, the Art Gallery will host an ethnographic collection, a collection of Hispanic-Moorish ceramics, weapons and objects of various nature.
Where: Citadel of museums, Arsenale square
City: Cagliari
Municipal Art Gallery
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
A neoclassical building, restored and re-adapted in the late 20s, houses the municipal art gallery. The exhibition presents the Ingrao collection, a prestigious collection of about 650 works, including sculptures and paintings, covering approximately 200 years of art, from the 1800s to the twentieth century. Among the great Italian masters of the twentieth century you can see works by Giorgio Morandi, Umberto Boccioni, Mino Maccari, Giacomo Balla, Carlo Carrà and many others.
Where: Largo Joseph Dessi', public gardens
City: Cagliari
Cala Moscow
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
The beach is located on the western side of the promontory of Cape St. Elijah, also known as Devil's Saddle because of an ancient legend, in which stands a tower of sighting. The sand is grey and mixed with coarse gravel. There's parking, rental of umbrellas, chairs and pedal. Being very ventilated it is frequented by lovers of surfing and fishing.
City: Cagliari
Roman amphitheatre
Category: Attractions
Time: all year
The amphitheatre dates back to the two decades straddling the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD. Most of the tiers, the arena, some of the corridors and other service areas connected to them were carved into the limestone of Colle di Buon Cammino. It hosted gladiator duels and fights, hunting competitions and public executions, and could accommodate approximately 10,000 spectators. An iconographic historical exhibition has been set up in the amphitheatre, showing details and construction characteristics, and displaying archaeological findings.
Where: Roman amphitheatre
City: Cagliari
