Bastion of San Remy
 Photo: Bastion of San Remy

Bastion of San Remy - one of the most important fortifications of the city of Cagliari in Sardinia. Bastion is located in the quarter of Castello, which is considered the city's historic center. The name of this tourist attraction comes from the Baron of San Remy, the first Piedmontese viceroy.

Bastion was built in the late 19th century in the ancient city walls of Cagliari, which were built in the early 14th century. With the help of these walls are connected to each other southern bastions Dzekka, Santa Caterina and Sperone, which combined with the Castello quarter quarters of Villanova and Marina.

In 1896 the engineer Giuseppe Costa and Fuldzhentsio Setti designed Passedzhata Koperta (covered walkway) and La Terrazza Umberto I (Terrace) - the latter was built on the site of the old bastion of Sperone. The entire structure is made in a classic style with Corinthian columns and built of white and yellow limestone. The grand opening took place in 1901.

Stairs with two spans, which begins in Piazza della Kostitutsone interrupted at Passedzhata Koperta and ends at the Arc de Triomphe on the Terrace Umberto I. In 1943 a staircase and arch severely damaged during an air raid at Cagliari, but after World War II have been restored .

From the terrace Umberto I can get to the bastion of Santa Caterina, in the place where once stood a Dominican monastery that was destroyed during a fire in 1800, the year. They say that the walls of this dark monastery in 1668, the year preparing the murder of the Spanish viceroy Kamarassy - the loudest bloody events of those years.

Passedzhata Koperta since its opening in 1902, the year used for different purposes. Originally, it served as a banquet hall, and then, during the First World War, it housed a medical center, and during World War II in a covered walkway found shelter by those whose homes were destroyed during the bombing of the city. After years of neglect Passedzhata Koperta it was restored and turned into a cultural venue for art exhibitions.

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