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The Sistine Chapel Of Barbagia

Categories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Arts & Artisans     Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture arts & artisans    0 Comments The Sistine Chapel Of Barbagia

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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Obsidian: 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 Obsidian: The Black Gold Of Prehistory

"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...

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The Zodiac Fountain Of Tinnura

Categories Arts & Artisans     Tags: arts & artisans    0 Comments The Zodiac Fountain Of Tinnura

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...

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Building a Nuraghe Today Using Prehistoric Techniques

Categories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Arts & Artisans     Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture arts & artisans    0 Comments Building a Nuraghe Today Using Prehistoric Techniques

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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Paidobus, The Mobile School

Categories Personalities History & Culture Arts & Artisans     Tags: personalities history & culture arts & artisans    0 Comments Paidobus, The Mobile School

In northern Sardinia, a privileged area for this blog because more accessible by Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites guests, there was no schooling for children until 1956, children belonging ...

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Navicella Sardegna Award 

Categories Personalities History & Culture Entertainment - Nightlife - Music Arts & Artisans     Tags: personalities history & culture entertainment - nightlife - music arts & artisans    0 Comments Navicella Sardegna Award 

The Sardegna Oltre il Mare Association has been coordinating the award ceremony of the Navicella Sardegna Award for 22 years, and this year it will take place on Saturday September 2 nd ...

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Stella Maris Church in Porto Cervo

Categories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Arts & Artisans     Tags: traditions & folklore nature & landscape arts & artisans    0 Comments Stella Maris Church in Porto Cervo

Stella Maris church stands all white on a small hill overlooking Porto Cervo’s gulf. It is a synthesis of the Mediterranean style, with round soft shapes. It does not belong to the tradition...

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Giorgio Sisini And "La Settimana Enigmistica"

Categories Personalities Arts & Artisans     Tags: personalities arts & artisans    0 Comments Giorgio Sisini And "La Settimana Enigmistica"

La Settimana Enigmistica is the most famous puzzle weekly in Italy, very well known by all Italians. A real piece of history of our country, going along with us all year round, at home, on the t...

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9 Splendid Sardinian Female Characters

Categories Traditions & Folklore Personalities History & Culture Arts & Artisans     Tags: traditions & folklore personalities history & culture arts & artisans    0 Comments 9 Splendid Sardinian Female Characters

They are women who have enriched the era in which they lived, each in their own way, with an unprecedented image of Sardinia’s female figure. Some better known, some less so, are the precious g...

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The Fountain of the Time Passing By

Categories History & Culture Arts & Artisans     Tags: history & culture arts & artisans    0 Comments The Fountain of the Time Passing By

In the Rosello valley, outside the ancient city of Sassari’s walls, under the bridge, there is the Rosello Fountain, at 1h30, 122 km from the Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites . It is n...

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