Porta Cristina, in Cagliari, is a gateway to the Castello district that connects Viale Buoncammino to Piazza Arsenale. The current Porta Cristina replaced Porta del Soccorso, dating back to the seventeenth century, and was built in 1825 in neoclassical style, according to the model of the Porta Angelica in Rome, dedicated to Maria Cristina di Borbone, wife of King Carlo Felice of Savoy, using as construction material limestone from the Bonaria quarries, according to a project by Count Carlo Pilo Boyl approved by King Carlo Felice of Savoy. Porta Cristina, whose lines are inspired by the internal façade of the Porta Pia in Rome, presents the open access arch between two pilasters that support an entablature delimited by two projecting cornices, within which there is a semicircular lunette in which there is the 'dedicatory inscription. The structures of the gate have incorporated the Torre Passarina, one of the minor towers of the Pisan period of fortifications. The Castle district was in fact protected by a defensive system made up of high vertical walls, interspersed with three main quadrangular towers (the tower of San Pancrazio, dell'Elefante and dell'Aquila) and some smaller circular ones such as the Passarina tower. The spaces of Porta Cristina are one of the appurtenances of the National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari currently used as offices.
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