Roman period

Expected time (h:m):

1:30

Walk for:

7 km

Difficulty:

hard

Between swords and togas, temples and aqueducts, the city has begun to blaze of energy, architecture and culture when annexed to Rome in 238 B.C. The air of grandeur and progress still permeates the hidden streets, the remains of villas and the majestic amphitheatre. It is what remains of a domination, which lasted until the V century A.D. and gave to Karalis the role of Sardinia’s main city with a larger population.

St Eulalia archeological area

Nearly a thousand square meters underneath the bustle of the historic neighbourhood of the Marina, the archaeological site of Sant’Eulalia, located near the homonym church, is divided into different levels each corresponding to a certain period of the History.

The most interesting element rediscovered was a road portion with a northeast-southwest orientation provided of a sewer tunnel and constructed with large square blocks well united to each other.

Phone number: 070663724 / 3337576694

Email: mutseu@tiscali.it

Website: web.tiscali.it

Opening hours: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. / 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Closed on Mondays

Prices:

Adults € 5

Students: € 4

Children from 6 to 12 years old and groups of 20 persons: € 2.50

Santa Chiara

Discovering it is not easy. One needs to take the elevator of Santa Chiara that leads to the Castello’s citadel, to plunge –may only be for a few seconds- in a condense of Roman history. On top of the stairs, walked a short stretch on Via Santa Margherita (street), traces of the past reappear: remains of walls, a cistern and a necropolis attributable to the period between the IV - II century B.C. and the V century A.D. The only testimony of an intensive manufacturing is the presence of an oven and a glass factory.

Sant'Efisio Crypt

Blood, tears, fear and courage still exude from the crypt of Sant’Efisio, accessible from the homonymous church in the district of Stampace. It was the martyrdom of the warrior Efisio who fought for the Faith. It also became the tomb of his follower Edizio, martyr as well, and a shelter during the bombing that tore the city in 1943.

Phone number: 070652130

Opening time:

From Tuesday to Sunday

Calling is advised to check on opening hours

Roman Amphitheatre

Operas, concerts, rain of lights and applauses. The Roman Amphitheatre now rests quietly, waiting for its new glory. Lulled by the natural slope of Buoncammino Col, it is dug into the limestone and partly remodelled. Its construction dates back to the period between the I and II centuries A.D., when the rock was carved to take form into: steps, a small dimension arena, various corridors (vomitorium) and other services locations connected to these.

Phone number: 070.2310022 – 33

Email: itinerarituristici.lms@gmail.com

Website: www.anfiteatroromano.it

Opening hours:

From Friday to Sunday and on holidays: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Botanical Garden Story

Phone number: 070.2310022 – 33

Email: itinerarituristici.lms@gmail.com

Website: www.anfiteatroromano.it

Opening hours:

From Friday to Sunday and on holidays: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Viper Cave

The legend says that the Roman noble, Atilia Pomptilla, having prayed the gods to preserve her husband from death, fell in eternal sleep in exchange for the grace request. Saddened by the loss of his wife, Lucio Cassio Filippo dedicated to his wife, an Ionic burial temple, carved in white rock, with an architrave showing the depicting of two snakes, the symbol of eternal conjugal love. It does not remain traces of the woman's body, but the cave preserves forever the Greek and Latin inscriptions that sing her love, her loyalty and her beauty.

Phone number: 070 4092306

Email: orientare@orientare.it

Opening hours:

Winter: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Summer: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. / 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Villa Tigellio

Close your eyes. It will seem to hear the voices and laughter of the families living there and to smell ancient perfumes. The Villa Tigellio is one of the most important housing of Sardinia from the Roman period. It dates back to the period between the Republican age and the VI-VII century A.D.

It owes its name to the homonymous figure, famous poet and singer, who lived during the Augustan era in Roman times. It is actually an elegant town house in a residential district of the Roman city of Karales, built during the Roman period in the first century A.D.

The excavations, which began in 1876, brought to light some room renamed Casa degli Stucchi (House of stuccoes). In the 60s of the last century, other structures have emerged, gathered under the name of House of Tablino Dipinto, and a thermal building.

Opening hours:

Winter: every day 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Summer (from Monday, May 11th): every day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. / 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Prices:

Adult: € 2.00

Youth and groups: € 1.00

Tuvixeddu Necropolis

The largest Phoenician-Punic necropolis of the Mediterranean extends up to cover the entire hill of the same name. Between the XI and III century B.C., the Phoenicians, settled on the island, began to use the area for burial and cult of the dead, followed, centuries later, by the Romans who built columbarium and arcosolium tombs. Some burials were also used as dwellings. The Tomb of Uraeus, the Tomb of the Wheel and the Tomb of the Fighter, home to numerous decorations depicting palms and masks, appear especially impressive. In fine weather, the clear sky of Cagliari seems to wrap around the site giving a painting aspect of great beauty.

St Saturn archeological area

Blood and hands clasped: the complex of San Saturn was a place of martyrdom, but even before, of burial. It consists of three late-Roman funerary buildings dating back to the III and IV centuries B.C., re-used at a later date as Christian burial sites. It is known as the Shrine of St. Lucifer, the Crypt of the Church, the Shrine of Rude and Eliano, and Shrine of San Lussorio.

On the back of the basilica from the early Christian period, is located a funeral area from the late Republican age, which saw a succession of mausoleums and burials: in sarcophagus, mounds,“a cupa”and Capuchin.

Phone number: 07020101 Superintendent

Website: www.beniculturali.it

Opening hours:

Tuesday to Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.