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The Sistine Chapel Of Barbagia
Categories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Arts & Artisans Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture arts & artisans 0 CommentsBarbagia 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...
Read MoreSas Baddes – The Sardinian Holm Oaks
Categories Nature & Landscape Hiking & Trekking Tags: nature & landscape hiking & trekking 0 CommentsIn 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, ...
Read MoreThe Blue and the Winds of the Sea of Golfo Aranci
Categories Nature & Landscape Golfo Aranci Tags: nature & landscape golfo aranci 0 CommentsLooking 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. ...
Read MorePears, Ancient Fruits Of Sardinia
Categories Food Tags: food 0 CommentsRecovering 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...
Read MoreObsidian: The Black Gold Of Prehistory
Categories Traditions & Folklore Nature & Landscape History & Culture Arts & Artisans Tags: traditions & folklore nature & landscape history & culture arts & artisans 0 Comments"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...
Read MoreThe Zodiac Fountain Of Tinnura
Categories Arts & Artisans Tags: arts & artisans 0 CommentsIt'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...
Read MoreTepilora Regional Park
Categories Nature & Landscape Hiking & Trekking Tags: nature & landscape hiking & trekking 0 CommentsJust 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...
Read MoreSardinian Cuisine In The Middle Ages
Categories Traditions & Folklore Food Tags: traditions & folklore food 0 CommentsDuring 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...
Read MoreGrazia Deledda “The Christmas Gift”
Categories Traditions & Folklore Personalities Tags: traditions & folklore personalities 0 CommentsI 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 festivity at the ...
Read MoreBuilding a Nuraghe Today Using Prehistoric Techniques
Categories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Arts & Artisans Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture arts & artisans 0 CommentsThrough 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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