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The Palazzo Regio or Viceregio was the Viceroy's residence during the Aragonese, Spanish and Savoy hegemonies. Nowadays it is the seat of the Prefecture and of the Province of Cagliari. It is located in Piazza Palazzo, in the Castello district. The building, dating back to the fourteenth century, became the seat of the viceroy from 1337, on the orders of Peter IV of Aragon. Over the centuries the building was the subject of several changes. The eighteenth-century restorations, including that of 1730, are particularly important for the Piedmontese engineers de Guibert and de Vincenti who built the grand staircase leading to the main floor. The Della Vallea, was the author in 1735 of the reconstruction of the salons located in the aforementioned piano nobile. The façade facing west, with the main portal perfectly aligned with the staircase, was restored in 1769, date to which the inscription refers to the lunette of the French window that opens onto the central balcony. The royal family, in exile from Turin, occupied by Napoleon, settled there from 1799 to 1815. In 1885, the building became the representative seat of the Province, which immediately took charge of the renovation works. The decoration of the Council Chamber was entrusted respectively to the Perugian Domenico Bruschi for the frescoes, and to the Angeletti for the stuccos. Sc: www.cagliariturismo.it
The Palazzo Regio or Viceregio was the Viceroy's residence during the Aragonese, Spanish and Savoy hegemonies. Nowadays it is the seat of the Prefecture and of the Province of Cagliari. It is located in Piazza Palazzo, in the Castello district. The building, dating back to the fourteenth century, became the seat of the viceroy from 1337, on the orders of Peter IV of Aragon. Over the centuries the building was the subject of several changes. The eighteenth-century restorations, including that of 1730, are particularly important for the Piedmontese engineers de Guibert and de Vincenti who built the grand staircase leading to the main floor. The Della Vallea, was the author in 1735 of the reconstruction of the salons located in the aforementioned piano nobile. The façade facing west, with the main portal perfectly aligned with the staircase, was restored in 1769, date to which the inscription refers to the lunette of the French window that opens onto the central balcony. The royal family, in exile from Turin, occupied by Napoleon, settled there from 1799 to 1815. In 1885, the building became the representative seat of the Province, which immediately took charge of the renovation works. The decoration of the Council Chamber was entrusted respectively to the Perugian Domenico Bruschi for the frescoes, and to the Angeletti for the stuccos. Sc: www.cagliariturismo.it
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