La villa is located at the foot of the San Michele hill and owes its name to Count Gaetano Pollini, a wealthy wheat merchant transplanted to Sardinia but originally from Liguria, who had it built in 1812. The building is part of a small urban nucleus including a chapel, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, now destroyed, facilities for agricultural activities and staff. The façade, in neoclassical style, has a horizontal development with a tripartition emphasized by two advanced lateral pedimented bodies and a central curved body, where a beautiful portal opens flanked by columns and crowned by a balcony. In front, there was a large Italian garden, of which some palm trees and the basin of a circular fountain remain, while at the back a large courtyard housed the spaces intended for agricultural activities. The various owners who, after the Pollini family, lived in the villa, including Francesco Zedda Piras, who named it Villa Doloretta in honor of his wife, certainly modified the original internal layout, of which no evidence remains. Acquired by the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, after restoration work, since 2007 it has been the operational headquarters of the Superintendency for Archaeological Heritage for the provinces of Cagliari and Oristano.
Information about Villa Pollini
Via Edward Jenner,
09121 Cagliari (Cagliari)
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Source: MIBACT
