Garibaldi Street

The Garibaldi street, in Cagliari

The Garibaldi street is the commercial and lively artery of the Villanova district, in Cagliari. The Cagliari audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this modern and pedestrian street, a thousand leagues from the medieval heart of the Castello, and the figure of Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of the Two Worlds and one of the fathers of Italian unity, born in Nice in 1807 at a time when the city was French.

History

The Garibaldi street is the lively artery of the Villanova district. As its name indicates, you find yourself here in the new town, whose architecture has nothing more to do with the medieval heart of the Castello: the shops follow one another and reveal a more modern version of the city. Since we are here, two words about the figure of Garibaldi, whose so many streets and squares you cross in France, in Italy and in South America. Joseph, or Giuseppe, Garibaldi was born in Nice in 1807, at a time when the city was French, following the campaigns of Italy of Napoleon I; Nice became Piedmontese again in 1814 and remained so until its definitive annexation to France in 1860. With the count of Cavour and Victor-Emmanuel II, Garibaldi is considered one of the fathers of the Italian homeland and one of the key figures of the Unification, proclaimed in 1861 with the creation of the kingdom and completed in 1870 with the attachment of Rome. This kingdom then bore the name of Kingdom of Sardinia and was led by Victor-Emmanuel II, duke of Savoy and king of Piedmont-Sardinia. Nicknamed the hero of the Two Worlds, Garibaldi fought in many military campaigns, in Europe as in South America.

What to see

Here you stroll in the commercial and pedestrian artery of the Villanova district, modern version of Cagliari with its shops that follow one another, far from the medieval Castello; the street bears the name of Giuseppe Garibaldi, hero of the Two Worlds born in Nice in 1807 and one of the fathers of Italian unity proclaimed in 1861. The Garibaldi street is the living heart of Villanova. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Garibaldi street crosses the Villanova district, in Cagliari, reachable on foot. It is a commercial street largely pedestrian, in free access, lined with shops with variable hours. You discover it during a walk in the new town.

Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi, after whom a street of Cagliari is named?

Born in Nice in 1807, then a French city, Giuseppe Garibaldi was, with Cavour and Victor-Emmanuel II, one of the fathers of the Italian homeland and a key actor of the Unification, proclaimed in 1861 and completed in 1870; nicknamed the hero of the Two Worlds, he fought in many military campaigns in Europe and in South America.

Where is the Garibaldi street in Cagliari?

In the Villanova district, in Cagliari, in Italy.