Not that it wasn't foreseeable that there was some ancient artifact down there. Cagliari is certainly not a surprise, from the point of view of Roman archeology. It won't be an open book, but the experts are aware that traces of the past can easily re-emerge underground, especially in certain parts of the city.

A Roman aqueduct next to the station, close to the parking area, blocks the works for the subway in Piazza Matteotti.

The concern of the citizens of Cagliari, however, is for the delays that the study of the finds will entail. The white sheet placed in recent days at the site of the finds is only the beginning of a whole series of bureaucratic steps . "It's right that the Superintendency and the Cultural Heritage do their investigations," says Pasquale Atzeni. The line for the subway, however, will be late in being completed: "It has to be taken into account, but the entities concerned will certainly find a solution".

The taxi drivers are already resigned: "With the times of bureaucracy, the subway will stop in Piazza Matteotti and not all the way inside the station," says Andrea Ghiani . « The real problem is the viability around via Roma: the new one-way street that the Municipality has decided to set up in the section in front of the station towards via Roma certainly doesn't help. You will see the situation that will be created on weekends this summer.

Pierangelo Porcu, of the Sesamo 2000 archaeological group , went yesterday to see the point where the works are in progress : «The Roman aqueduct began in Villamassargia and it is likely that it reached the port in one of its branches» . He then comments: " It would be interesting that, if interesting finds emerge, a way could be found to make them usable to visitors as happened in Sant'Eulalia".

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