Cagliari - Cathedral of Santa Cecilia

From the Bastione San Remy we pass through the gate of the old Torre dell'Aquila into the narrow Via Lamarmora, the main street of the old town, which runs north along the steep hillside, linked with parallel streets to right and left by steep lanes or dark archways and flights of steps. Half-way along is the terraced Piazza del Palazzo, above the east side of which is the cathedral of Santa Cecilia, built by the Pisans in 1312, with beautiful old doorways in the transepts. Inside, on either side of the entrance, are the two halves of a pulpit from Pisa Cathedral, a masterpiece of 12th century Pisan sculpture by Guillelmus, which was presented to Cagliari in 1312.