At the heart of an eternal struggle between powers, Cagliari wrote its story with blood. Marquis, viceroys and ecclesiastics have been victims and executioners of heinous crimes committed within the thick walls of the Castello district. Family feuds, settlement of accounts, exemplary punishments, torture and public executions, often thanks to the...Read more
It was 1492 when the feared Thomas De Torquemada appointed Sancho Marin Inquisitor and head of the Court of the Holy Office of Cagliari on behalf of the King of Spain Ferdinand the Catholic. From this moment on, Sardinia found itself facing one of the darkest periods in the entire history of Europe - that of the Spanish Inquisition - characterized...Read more
That the city of Cagliari constituted one of the summits of the "magic triangle" of Italian spiritualism is no longer a source of mystery. With the advent of the Savoy and the subsequent weight of Sardinia in the Risorgimento cause, Cagliari welcomed charismatic characters united by the passion for esotericism who sought answers here. Artists,...Read more