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History Of Cagliari
This article presents a history of Cagliari, an Italy, Italian municipality and the capital city of the island of Sardinia. The city has been continuously inhabited since at least the neo-lithic period. Due to its strategic location in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and natural harbor, the city was prized and highly sought after by a number of Mediterranean empires and cultures. Etymology Cagliari was known to the Phoenicians and Punics, Carthaginians as Karaly (, ). This was latinization of names, Latinized variously as Carales, Karales, Caralis, and Calares (grammatically plural). Around the 16th century Roderigo Hunno Baeza, a Sardinian humanist, stated that the name "Caralis" had derived from the Greek ''kárs'' (, "head"), as Cagliari was the main centre of the island. The Semitist William Gesenius said the name came from ''Kar Baalis'', which in Phoenician language, Phoenician meant "city of Baal, God." This version was, albeit with some differences, accepted by Giov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cagliari Map 1858
Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,627 inhabitants, while its metropolitan city, 16 other nearby municipalities, has about 417,079 inhabitants. According to Eurostat, the population of the functional urban area, the commuting zone of Cagliari, rises to 476,975. Cagliari is the 26th largest city in Italy and the largest city on the island of Sardinia. An ancient city with a long history, Cagliari has seen the rule of several civilisations. Under the buildings of the modern city there is a continuous stratification attesting to human settlement over the course of some five thousand years, from the Neolithic to today. Historical sites include the prehistoric Domus de Janas, partly 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 forti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
