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The Sistine Chapel Of Barbagia
Kategorien Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Arts & Artisans Tags traditions & folklore history & culture arts & artisans 0 Comments
Barbagia is Sardinia’s core, occupying the Gennargentu mountain massif slopes. The name Barbagia was given by the Romans who, due to the strong Sardinian resistance, were unable to pen...
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In the centre of Sardinia, within the fascinating and wild Supramonte, there is one of the oldest and largest primary holm oak forests in Europe: Sas Baddes , the flagship of the state forest, ...
mehrThe Blue and the Winds of the Sea of Golfo Aranci
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Looking at the sea from the terrace of the Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites , you may witness the magic of not having in front of you the same sight given from the blue colour of the sea. ...
mehrPears, Ancient Fruits Of Sardinia
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Recovering the ancient Sardinian fruit varieties means also recovering the heritage of a territory and part of its history. At the Institute of Food Production Sciences (ISPA) traditional Sardinian f...
mehrObsidian: The Black Gold Of Prehistory
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"Sa pedra crobina" , literally "the rock as black as the crow" is what they call obsidian in Sardinian, a dark and shiny volcanic glass. Its homogeneity and hardness made it one of the raw mate...
mehrThe Zodiac Fountain Of Tinnura
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It's just a two-hours drive to cover the 151 km dividing the Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites from Tinnura (OR), located in the centre of Planargia. The Tinnura railway station is lo...
mehrTepilora Regional Park
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Just 73 km away and an 1:15 drive from the Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites , there is the Tepilora Regional Park . There are approximately 8000 hectares of limestone p...
mehrSardinian Cuisine In The Middle Ages
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During the Middle Ages millennium everyone indeed passed through Sardinia: from the barbarian dominations to the Saracen incursions, from the Byzantine period to the autonomy of the Judicates, from t...
mehrGrazia Deledda “The Christmas Gift”
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I was looking for an idea to let you participate in Christmas in Sardinia and I recalled Grazia Deledda's story, "The Christmas Gift", a wonderful portrait of Sardinian’s festivit...
mehrBuilding a Nuraghe Today Using Prehistoric Techniques
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Through our blog, we have extensively written that approximately 3700 years ago, in Sardinia, thousands of stone towers were built, up to 30 metres high with walls up to 4 metres thick, of a truncat...
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