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Gin Made In Sardinia
Categories Nature & Landscape Food Arts & Artisans Tags: nature & landscape food arts & artisans 0 CommentsI love Sardinia, a love that I wish to communicate in this blog, especially when I try to convey its hidden beauties mainly in the hinterland, given that the wonders of its sea are already known to m...
Read MoreThe 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 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 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...
Read MorePaidobus, The Mobile School
Categories Personalities History & Culture Arts & Artisans Tags: personalities history & culture arts & artisans 0 CommentsIn 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 ...
Read MoreNavicella Sardegna Award
Categories Personalities History & Culture Entertainment - Nightlife - Music Arts & Artisans Tags: personalities history & culture entertainment - nightlife - music arts & artisans 0 CommentsThe 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 ...
Read MoreStella Maris Church in Porto Cervo
Categories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Arts & Artisans Tags: traditions & folklore nature & landscape arts & artisans 0 CommentsStella 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...
Read MoreGiorgio Sisini And "La Settimana Enigmistica"
Categories Personalities Arts & Artisans Tags: personalities arts & artisans 0 CommentsLa 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...
Read More9 Splendid Sardinian Female Characters
Categories Traditions & Folklore Personalities History & Culture Arts & Artisans Tags: traditions & folklore personalities history & culture arts & artisans 0 CommentsThey 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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