The Viper's Cave is a funerary hypogeum located in Viale Sant'Avendrace. It was built by the Roman Lucio Cassio Filippo in honour of his wife, Atilia Pomptilla, between the second half of the first century AD and the first half of the second century AD. The presence of two snakes carved on the pediment, which has had various interpretations by scholars, gave the name to the site: among the various interpretations, they would represent the divine figures of Iside and Osiride, according to others they would represent Lucio Cassio Filippo and Atilia Pomptilla and their conjugal devotion; some scholars, finally, find an analogy with the myth of Cadmo and Armonia. The tomb is decorated on the outside by a facade with two columns (of which one capital is still visible) and it has two burial chambers. On the atrium's walls there is the engraving, now barely legible, of the Latin and Greek metric inscriptions, through which it is possible to recreate the story of the two spouses exiled to Sardinia, according to which Atilia offered his own life to the gods in exchange to that of her beloved husband, who was suffering from a serious illness. The scholar Alberto Della Marmora, during the construction of the Royal Road Cagliari-Porto Torres, in 1822, prevented the destruction of this monument (you can still see the holes in the rock wall for the mines, which remained unused ).

The general, in his “Itinerario dell’isola di Sardegna”, wrote about this monument:
“This tomb ( the Viper's Cave ) is no longer in its original state of integrity, because for a long time it had been digging around, to extract from the rock the cut stone, which here is of good quality. I can say, without boasting too much, that in 1822, I stopped the destructive hand of the works supervisors. They had already wiped off a grave nearby and they would have done the same with the other, if I did not make intervene the authority of the viceroy to prevent the complete destruction.“

(A. Della Marmora , Itinéraire de l'Ile de Sardaigne, Torino 1860).

Thanks to this prompt intervention, nowadays the access to the Viper's Cave is open to the public, who can visit the tomb accessing from the outside courtyard .

Along with the sculptures, at the headquarters of the Region in Roma street there also are a series of graffiti depicting landscapes of rural setting typical of Sardinia created by Nivola on the basis of a project by the artist Salvatore Fancello.

Enjoy your summer in relax. Seven resorts from the first bus stop to terminal of Poetto beach.

The Coop. Golfo degli Angeli operates seven resorts along Poetto beach.

Rental umbrellas, sunbeds, longchairs and beach chairs.

Rental kayak, pedalò, SUP.

Special price for senior and disabled people.

Accessibility to adapted structure for disabled with "Sedia Job".

The garden of Is Mirrionis, called "Mariposa" a kind of butterfly, consists of about 600 square meters between Barigadu street and Gippi street. It is a green area inaugurated in 2014 and designed especially for children. There is a play zone with climbing tools and a picnic area.

A stroll-garden, which starts from the lift that leads to the Bastion of Saint Remy to APCOA Parkings in Viale Regina Elena: a new space under the walls of Castello, abandoned for decades, closed to the public for a while because of restoration, and now returned to the city.

The area, once occupied by the former municipal nursery, has been inaugurated Friday, 28 th March 2014 with a large influx of Public.

The garden is about five hundred meters long, stretched for 6500 square meters. It is composed by two very suggestive routes on two height levels, linked together by a beautiful vaulted staircase, also restored, and soon they will be also connected by the intermediate stop of the lift, which will allow the intermediate access between the Terrace of Santa Caterina and Viale Regina.

The "Fratelli Giuseppe e Vittorino Fiori" Garden has been embellished by the precious recovery work of the futuristic style of Ubaldo Badas, together with sculptures of the Sardinian artist Pinuccio Sciola.

In the promenade, infact, the Hemicycle Theatre, designed by Ubaldo Badas, has been restored safeguarding the railing and the transformer kiosk.

Seven works of Sciola have been installed: in front of the main entrance an architectural sculpture; in the proximity of the Open Theatre a modern basalt stele; on the lawns three stone seeds and some tied stones. Finally, in the marble basins, there are three installations in limestone: the first is inspired by the submerged city, in memory of the Holy Santa Igia on the shores of Santa Gilla, the second is a tribute to Castello, the perched city . Finally, in the third basin, the pyramidal sculptures recall the salt works, one of the characteristic traits of Cagliari: the city of salt.

The massive restoration works have allowed to the "Fratelli Giuseppe e Vittorino Fiori" Garden to be fully wheelchair accessible and soon will be even inaugurated a dining area inside.

Recovered from neglect, the urban area facing the recreation centre ExMè has been turned into a garden with a small playground and a football pitch for kids.

The Public Gardens cover an area of 17000 mq; they were bought by Cagliari Municipality in 1840 and were designed for walks in a typical XIX century garden style.

From the entrance there is a long tree-lined avenue that ends with the Galleria Comunale d'Arte, a building that once housed the Regia Polveriera. In the garden you can admire fountains and sculptural elements, such as the Roman statue of the so-called Grande Ercolanense, coming from Uta. From the naturalistic point of view there are centuries-old plants like the jacarande, two specimens of ficus macrophille, palms and flower beds that form a multicoloured carpet.

The Bed and Breakfast Genneruxi is located in an elegant building within one of the nicest residential quarters of Cagliari, a few steps away from the centre and from the most beautiful and characteristic places of the town. No more than 50 meters from the house there are also a bus stop and a lightmetro stop directly connected in few minutes with the best place of the city. The B&B can accommodate six guests, who have complete autonomy with full freedom of schedules. It offers three comfortable bedrooms: one double and one single room with shared bathrooms and a double room with ensuite bathroom. Each rooms has air conditioned with individual control and high speed Internet Wi-Fi free.

The gallery refuge extends for about 180 meters along a parallel and equidistant axis from Viale Merello to Viale Fra Ignazio.
It was part of a series of underground routes still existing, made ​​in 1700 by the Piedmontese outside the walls for military purposes.

The main entrance was originally located in Via Don Bosco, but some transverse corridors to the main axis of the shelter, some tens of meters, allowed access to the refuge not only from the main entrance, but also from other entrances into private courtyards of the neighboring streets. For almost the entire length of the tunnel there are some benches with the function of seat against the wall on both sides. Even in the eight rooms of the gallery we can find side benches on the long sides, similar to those found in the main gallery. In the tunnel is also present, a few meters from the main entrance, a room in which there were arranged squat toilets. Much of this existing network of tunnels was readjusted at the beginning of World War II as a shelter for the refugees, with cleaning, construction of double and triple inputs shellproof and construction of seats along the walls. At the end of the war, the tunnel was forgotten, and the various inputs, including the main street of Don Bosco, were walled. This allowed us to send it almost intact to the present day.

The Cultural Association “La Ruota della Fortuna”, founded on 17th April 2016, organizes exhibitions and cultural events with his associated artists (today are currently about 300). We have organized over 100 exhibitions and events in just 2 years giving space to everyone: from the artist to the young student, to move on to those who express themselves artistically only for passion in their free time. A democratic association that aims to bring people closer to art and has as its motto: "Art is for everyone" both for those who do it and for those who use it.

At our headquarters in Cagliari, in via Bacaredda 48/b take place most of the art and culture exhibitions almost always themed to involve the public and propose a real art show. Besides art we also connect theatre, literature, feature films, photographic and sculptural art, always trying to give the subject of the exhibition to involve the public. All of our exhibitions and cultural events can be visited free of charge.

We organize courses of painting, comics, ceramics, creative recycling and photography that always take place at our headquarters.

You can visit our official page to view videos, interviews, and images of the thousands of works that have been exhibited at our gallery. You can also find all the information on the status of our association, and finally how you can 'apply to join the association, participate in events, and much more. You can also download for free the 5 books, produced in just two years by our 300 artists: a huge work in continuous progress pushed to document the art expressed in Cagliari by our members who want to involve artists and the public in the same way.