Centro Comunale d’Arte e Cultura Il Ghetto

Cagliari


This small cultural centre, housed in a former military barracks, hosts temporary exhibitions, many with a Sardinian slant. The name 'Il Ghetto' is a reference to the fact that it sits near the medieval quarter – between Via Santa Croce and Via Stretta – where Cagliari's Jews lived before being expelled from Sardinia in 1492.


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