Monday 1 August 2016

Cagliari Cathedral


Here, we're heading towards the steep, squat figure of Cagliari Cathedral:


Was looking forward to seeing Cagliari Cathedral after reading about it in DH Lawrence's 'Sea and Sardinia'.


According to Lawrence, the Cathedral has a warm, homely feel, and I guess that's what we felt inside the place.

 

One of the four marble lions:







Just read that the Cathedral was built in the 13th century in a kind of Romanesque style, and then received a Baroque makeover in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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