Cagliari Observatory
The Cagliari Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Italy's Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica. It is located 20 km away from Cagliari in Sardinia. It was founded in 1899 to study the Earth's rotation.Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: observatory in Sardinia, Italy
- Also known as: “OAC”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include San Gottardo railway station and Monserrato railway station.
San Gottardo railway station
Railway station
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San Gottardo railway station is situated 2 km southeast of Cagliari Observatory.
Monserrato railway station
Railway station
Photo: Phil Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Monserrato railway station is situated 2 km southeast of Cagliari Observatory.
Museo delle Ferrovie della Sardegna
Museum
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Museo delle Ferrovie della Sardegna is a museum, which is situated 2 km southeast of Cagliari Observatory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barracca Manna and Monserrato.
Barracca Manna
Quarter
Photo: Sandrino 14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barracca Manna is a quarter, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Cagliari Observatory.
Monserrato
Town
Photo: Discanto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monserrato is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the autonomous region of Sardinia in Italy, located about 5 kilometres northeast of Cagliari. Monserrato is situated 3½ km south of Cagliari Observatory.
Sestu
Town
Sestu is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 10 kilometres north of Cagliari. It has 20,747 inhabitants as of 2025. Sestu is situated 4 km northwest of Cagliari Observatory.
Cagliari Observatory
- Categories: astronomical observatory and archives
- Location: Selargius, Province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
39.28175° or 39° 16′ 54″ northLongitude
9.13094° or 9° 7′ 51″ eastOpen location code
8FFF74JJ+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 467285075OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q15206735
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Cagliari Observatory” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡利亞里天文台”
- Chinese: “卡利亞里天文臺”
- Chinese: “阿提拉·達蓋”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد كاليارى”
- Italian: “osservatorio astronomico di Cagliari”
- Italian: “Osservatorio astronomico di Cagliari”
- Italian: “Osservatorio Astronomico di Cagliari”
- Japanese: “カリャリ天文台”
- Sardinian: “Osservatoriu de Casteddu”
- Spanish: “Observatorio Astronómico de Cagliari”
- Ukrainian: “Астрономічна обсерваторія Кальярі”
- Urdu: “کگلیاری رصدگاہ”
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