Cagliari (Casteddu in Sardo) is an Italian city capital of the autonomous region of Sardinia
It is the historical administrative center of the island, having been, under the name of Caralis, capital of the province of Sardinia and Corsica in Roman times and later capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia, from 1324 to 1720
Its port is classified as
Cagliari overlooks the center of the Golfo degli Angeli, on the southern coast of Sardinia
The city, which develops around the hill of the historic center of the Castle, is bordered to the east by the lagoon of the Sella del Diavolo and the pond of Molentargius, to the west by the pond of Cagliari, to the south by the south sea from the Tyrrhenian Sea and to the north from the hill of San Michele and from the plain of Campidano
It has in common with Rome, Lisbon, Prague and Istanbul the fact that it was built on seven limestone hills
