Palazzo di Città
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The ancient Palazzo di Citta - a historic building in Cagliari, the seat of the city administration since the Middle Ages and up until the early 20th century. It is located in Piazza Palazzo in the Castello quarter. Today, the palace is an exhibition of the Ethnographic Mankoni Passino Fund, Fund of ceramics from the collection Ingrao (Fondo Ceramico della Collezione Ingrao) and the Foundation for Sacred Art from the same collection. In addition, there is a representative of the mayor of Cagliari.

Palazzo di Città was built in the 14th century, and its present appearance it acquired during the reconstruction of the 18th century, when the building was rebuilt in the Baroque style of Piedmont.

After administration of Cagliari moved to the new Palazzo Museo Civico in the old Palazzo di Città for many years housed the Conservatory of Music Pier Luigi da Palestrina. In 1970 the Conservatory moved to the current building on Via Bakaredda. The palace was abandoned and only reopened in 2009, the year - after a long period of restoration.

The main facade of the Palazzo di Città, facing Piazza Palazzo, is notable for elegant portal surmounted by a marble plate 16th century, which is immortalized in the inscription visit to Cagliari Emperor Charles V. Above the plate is visible emblem of Cagliari. Side facade of the Palazzo overlooking the Via Kanelles and Piazza Carlo Alberto, attracts the attention of a huge window with a tympanum in the center, which is also placed on the arms of the city.

Indoors Palazzo di Citta once stored works of art, now on display in the new municipality - among them paintings Marghinotti and Pietro Kawar. On the first floor of the palace is a spacious room with a coffered wooden arches of the 16th century. In addition to the basement of ancient tanks for rainwater collection can be seen Cobbled floor of the Middle Ages and the two openings with arches in the style of late Gothic architecture.

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