Cemetery of Bonaria is located on the territory of Cagliari in Sardinia at the foot of the hill of Bonaria. The main entrance is located in Piazza Cimitero, and the second input is at the Basilica of Santa Maria di Bonaria. Here are buried several prominent personalities, including archaeologist Giovanni Spano, tenor Piero Savazzi and General Carlo Sanna.

The cemetery is on the site of the necropolis, which was used by the Carthaginians and by the Romans, and then the first Christians Cagliari. Some of the ancient tombs were carved into the rock. Found them in the artifacts now kept in the Museum Bonaria.

Modern cemetery was built in 1828, the year the project engineer Luigi Damiano and was used until 1968. Once at the entrance to the cemetery there was a Church of the 12th century Santa Maria de Port Gratis, also known as San Baudilio, but in 1929, the year it was demolished. Since 1968, the year of burial in the cemetery is permitted only in private vaults and chapels, previously purchased.

The oldest part of the cemetery of Bonaria is located on flat place at the foot of the hill. It is divided into rectangular areas with neoclassical chapel in the center, around which you can see many children's graves. Generally, the cemetery is a few graves, is made with a special grace that belong to prominent people. For example, the aforementioned archaeologist Giovanni Spano buried in the grave, which he himself designed and built from antique fragments. Other tombs and chapels of the late 19th and early 20th centuries made in a variety of styles – from neo-classicism and realism to symbolism and art Nouveau.

The current entrance to the cemetery was built in 1985 year. To his left are the memorials of the young soldiers killed in the First World, and directly opposite is the chapel of 1910-the year with an impressive marble statue of the prophet Ezekiel. The right of the entrance Avenue begins General Sanna, named after resting here General World Carlo Sanna – he is buried with his wife in a simple grave of pink granite. Here is a monument to Varzea Frances, the wife of a Belgian entrepreneur, with a sculptural composition of the late 19th century. On the so-called Piazza San Baudilio rests Ottone Baccarella, the mayor of Cagliari, responsible for the construction of many interesting buildings, like the Palazzo Civico and the Bastion of San Remy. You should pay attention to the mausoleum Barocci-Berol with decorative coving, plaster angels and marble walls.