39 Facts About Cagliari

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Cagliari is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy.

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Cagliari is the 26th largest city in Italy and the largest city on the island of Sardinia.

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Cagliari'storical sites include the prehistoric Domus de Janas, very damaged by cave activity, a large Carthaginian era necropolis, a Roman era amphitheatre, a Byzantine basilica, three Pisan-era towers and a strong system of fortification that made the town the core of Spanish Habsburg imperial power in the western Mediterranean Sea.

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Cagliari was the capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia from 1324 to 1848, when Turin became the formal capital of the kingdom .

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Cagliari was a fortified settlement in what is the modern Marina quarter, with an annexed holy area in the modern Stampace.

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Sardinia and Cagliari came under Roman rule in 238 BC, shortly after the First Punic War, when the Romans defeated the Carthaginians.

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Cagliari represents it as taken and severely punished by Gracchus, but this statement is wholly at variance with Livy's account of the wars of Gracchus, in Sardinia, according to which the cities were faithful to Rome, and the revolt was confined to the mountain tribes.

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Cagliari continued to be regarded as the capital of the island under the Roman Empire, and though it did not become a colony, obtained the status of municipium.

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Cagliari was banished to the desert of Thebais by the emperor Constantius II.

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10.

The port affords good anchorage for large vessels, but besides this, which is only a well-sheltered standby, there is a large salt-water lake or lagoon, called the Stagno di Cagliari, adjoining the city and communicating by a narrow channel with the bay, which appears from Claudian to have been used in ancient times as an inner harbor or basin.

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Subsequently, ruled by the Vandals, Ostrogoths, and then part of the Byzantine Empire, Cagliari became the capital of a gradually independent Judicate, .

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The Judicate of Cagliari comprised a large area of the Campidano plain, the Sulcis-Iglesiente and the mountain region of Ogliastra.

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The Judgedom of Cagliari was then divided into three parts: the northeast third went to Gallura; the central portion was incorporated into Arborea; Sulcis and Iglesiente, on the southwest, were given to the Pisan della Gherardesca family, while the Republic of Pisa maintained control over its colony of Castel di Castro.

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The people of Cagliari hoped to receive some concession from the Savoys in return for their defence of the town.

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For example, aristocrats from Cagliari asked for a Sardinian representative in the parliament of the kingdom.

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City of Cagliari is situated in the south of Sardinia, overlooking the centre of the eponymous gulf, called Golfo degli Angeli after an ancient legend.

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Cagliari is close to other seaside locations such as Santa Margherita di Pula, Chia, Geremeas, Solanas, Villasimius and Costa Rei.

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Cagliari has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate, with hot, dry summers and mild winters like other historical regions along the coast.

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The population of Cagliari is structured like that of other first world countries, especially as to the prevalence of an elderly population.

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20.

The urbanisation towards the area of Cagliari was, in percentage terms, impressive, making the capital of the island a metropolis surrounded by rural areas increasingly depopulated.

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21.

Cagliari is the main trade and industrial centre of the island, with numerous commercial sites and factories within its metropolitan boundaries.

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22.

Cagliari is the main operational headquarters of the Banco di Sardegna, which belongs to the BPER Group and is listed on Borsa Italiana, of the Banca di Cagliari.

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Beside having one of the biggest container terminals on the Mediterranean Sea, Cagliari has one of the largest fish markets in Italy offering for sale a vast array of fish to both the public and traders.

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Cruise ships touring the Mediterranean often stop for passengers at Cagliari, and the city is a traffic hub to the nearby beaches of Villasimius, Chia, Pula and Costa Rei, as well as to the urban beach of Poettu.

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Life in Cagliari has been depicted by many writers, starting with the late Roman poet Claudian.

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26.

The Municipality of Cagliari swore that, if the plague disappeared, a procession would be held every day in the saint's honor, starting from the Stampace district and ending at Nora where the saint was martyred.

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Since Cagliari was the metropolis of the ancient Roman province, it absorbed innovations coming from Rome, Carthage, and Constantinople, and its language probably reflected late Latin urban dialects of the 5th-century core cities of the empire.

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Cagliari has some unique gastronomic traditions: unlike the rest of the island its cuisine is mostly based on the wide variety of locally available seafood.

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Cagliari is home to the football team Cagliari Calcio, winner of the Italian league championship in 1970, when the team was led by Gigi Riva.

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Cagliari is an ideal location for water sports such as surfing, kitesurfing, windsurfing and sailing due to strong and reliable favourable winds.

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Cagliari is the hub of the administration offices of the Sardinia Autonomous Region and of Cagliari Province.

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Cagliari is home to all criminal, civil, administrative and accounting courts for Sardinia of the Ministry of Justice up to the High Court of Assizes of Appeal.

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Cagliari is home to the University of Cagliari, the largest public university in Sardinia, founded in 1626.

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Cagliari is the seat of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology of Sardinia and of the European Institute of Design.

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Port of Cagliari is divided in two sector, the old port and the new international container terminal.

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Cagliari has scheduled services by passenger ship to Civitavecchia, Naples and Palermo.

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In Cagliari there are two other small touristic ports, Su Siccu and Marina Piccola.

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38.

Ferrovie dello Stato railway station in Cagliari has services to Iglesias, Carbonia, Olbia, Golfo Aranci, Sassari and Porto Torres.

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Bus and trolleybus services, managed by CTM and ARST, connect internal destinations in the city and in the metropolitan area; Cagliari is one of the few Italian cities with an extensive trolleybus network, whose fleet has been partially renovated in 2012.

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