Cagliari Sardinia
[Music] Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean and this is its beautiful Capital kager now its history goes back to ancient times and includes the Phoenicians and the Romans but I think you’ll find that its medieval old town with its original City walls and two of its Towers the most Charming It is believed that Sardinia gets its name from the ancient shuran tribe later the Romans named this city corales which we Now call kaderi and cageri is home to one of the most important Roman monuments in all of Sardinia this Amphitheater it was built in just the right spot a natural valley here in the hillside of Bon Camino speaking of hillsides up a narrow hill we climb to enter kager’s Charming old town with its Castello quarter its Majestic triumphal Arch on top of the Bastion of St Remy it’s Pretty in Pink City Hall and possibly my favorite part of the city these darling little post boxes with symbols of the city along those cobbled medieval streets and in the center of the beautiful Castello quarter is a very curious Cathedral there are many many layers of history in and under this Cathedral first under our feet It is believed that there is a Phoenician Acropolis back when kageri was called caralis or Carell meaning city of God so it is fitting that a church would be built on this spot and the Cathedral of kager has undergone many changes over the centuries the version you see today was inspired by a pretty curious Source the cathedral in Pisa yep the not as famous sidekick to the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa next we go from a church to the devil well the devil’s saddle that is see that dip in the mountain there that is called the devil’s saddle because of a legend that goes like this the water below that saddle is named the Gulf of angels and those angels were always in battle with the devil until one day the devil fell leaving only his saddle behind this story and the devil’s saddle are so important to KAG that the Cella Del diolo is the symbol of the city how curious
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