{"id":29429,"date":"2023-07-26T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/place\/torre-di-san-pancrazio\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T15:30:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T13:30:02","slug":"torre-di-san-pancrazio","status":"publish","type":"place","link":"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/place\/torre-di-san-pancrazio\/","title":{"rendered":"Torre di San Pancrazio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tower of San Pancrazio, standing almost 30 metres high, is the <strong>tallest tower<\/strong> in Cagliari and takes its name from a <strong>small church<\/strong> dedicated to the saint, which stood nearby in ancient times.<\/p>\n<p>It was erected in 1305 under the <strong>House of Pisa domination<\/strong>, from a project by the architect, Giovanni Capula. Together with its twin, the <strong>Torre dell\u2019Elefante,<\/strong> it acted as a <strong>gateway<\/strong> to Castello and <strong>a defensive fortress<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Built using blocks of limestone from Bonaria, it is <strong>U-shaped<\/strong>, with an exposed side facing piazza Arsenale. <strong>Embrasures<\/strong> and <strong>wooden ledges<\/strong> opened up along the thick, enclosed sides, facing the outside of the Castello neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p>During the <strong>Aragonese domination,<\/strong> warehouses and houses obstructed the exposed side. In the same era, the tower was used as a <strong>prison<\/strong>. The fortification continued to be used like this up until 1887-97 when the Buoncammino prison was built.<\/p>\n<p>In the early years of the twentieth century, the <strong>Archaeological Heritage Authorities<\/strong> used the space as a <strong>deposit<\/strong>\u00a0and under the guidance of the engineer, Dionigi Scano supervised its <strong>restoration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Following a recent <strong>restoration<\/strong> project, the re-outfitting of the entire complex was contemplated with its spaces being designated for museum and exhibition purposes, creating the <strong>Spazio San Pancrazio<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2608,"template":"","tipologia":[997,1045],"categoria":[1023],"tematica":[1030],"class_list":["post-29429","place","type-place","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipologia-fortificazione-en","tipologia-tower","categoria-architectural-asset","tematica-architecture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Torre di San Pancrazio - Idese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/place\/torre-di-san-pancrazio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Torre di San Pancrazio - Idese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Tower of San Pancrazio, standing almost 30 metres high, is the tallest tower in Cagliari and takes its name from a small church dedicated to the saint, which stood nearby in ancient times. 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