La Vega is a residential district of Cagliari. Located in the northern area of the city, it was built around 1930 and in the upper part houses the public gardens and the walls of the Castle. The name "la vega" has Spanish origins and indicates the garden because in the past there was a vast countryside here. Today it is mainly frequented by students and there is the Student House and the church of Saint Francesco d'Assisi, built in the second half of the twentieth century.