Southern Italy and Sicily, with Excursions to Sardinia, Malta, and Corfu

Creator

Date

1912

Identifier

Special Collections DG416 B353 1912

Publisher

Leipzig: K. Baedeker

Abstract

The regional capital of Sardinia is Cagliari. The city – one of the hottest and most arid in Italy – is in the south of the island, on a hill area overlooking the Golfo degli Angeli (‘Bay of Angels’). The Castello, the old part of town, is still there, along with a Roman amphitheatre, a cathedral (completed 1312), and two early 14th-century white limestone towers: the Torre di San Pancrazio and the Torre dell’Elefante, which was constructed by the Pisans in 1307. Both towers are positioned in the Baedeker at C3.

Files

Cabinet 15 Cagliari.jpg

Citation

Karl Baedeker, “Southern Italy and Sicily, with Excursions to Sardinia, Malta, and Corfu,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed December 26, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/8618.