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Nuragic complex inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997: a central tower about 19 metres high, secondary towers and a stone village. Guided tours are compulsory and are offered in French, among other options; open all year.
Official websitefondazionebarumini.it→The island's richest collection, from prehistory to the Byzantine era: nuragic bronzetti, Punic and Roman artefacts, and some of the Mont'e Prama statues. It stands on Piazza Arsenale, at the entrance to the Castello district.
Official websitemuseinazionalicagliari.cultura.gov.it→The Mont'e Prama Foundation manages the Phoenician-Punic and Roman city of Tharros, at the tip of Capo San Marco, the Giovanni Marongiu museum in Cabras, which displays giants of Mont'e Prama, and the San Salvatore hypogeum. Combined tickets available.
Official websitemonteprama.it→Museum of Sardinian life and folk traditions run by the Regional Ethnographic Institute (ISRE): costumes, jewellery, carnival masks and ritual breads from all over the island. A good introduction before touring the villages of Barbagia.
Official websiteisresardegna.it→A vow made by the city in 1652 and kept every year since: on 1 May, the saint's statue leaves Cagliari escorted by flower-decked ox carts, the <em>traccas</em>, and costumed groups from all over the island, travelling to Nora and returning on 4 May.
Cagliari Turismocagliariturismo.comune.cagliari.it→Equestrian joust held on Carnival Sunday and Shrove Tuesday: the masked <em>Componidori</em> and the riders try to spear a hanging star with the tip of a sword, before the galloping acrobatics of the <em>pariglie</em>. Grandstand tickets on the official website.
Official websitesartiglia.info→