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Ichnusaite and Nuragheite

Categories Nature & Landscape Arts & Artisans     Tags: nature & landscape arts & artisans    0 Comments Ichnusaite and Nuragheite

In the the Sardinian art of jewellery   article, we say that Sardinian jewels are of a very particular beauty indeed. Gold or silver, worked in filigree, bejewelled with stones and coral: ...

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The Dueno’s Vase

Categories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Arts & Artisans     Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture arts & artisans    0 Comments The Dueno’s Vase

The oldest document is written in Sardinian The Etruscan tradition used the so-called "talking objects". It concerned the handmade product where an engraved message was speaking firsthand to whom th...

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Nuragic Bronze Statuettes

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The bronze statuettes ( brunzìttu nuragicu in Sardinian) created from IX to VI century A.C. and found in  Nuraghe , in the common dwellings, in the Giants' Tombs and in the Holy Wells...

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San Pantaleo: Discovering The Village and The Market

Categories Nature & Landscape Experiences & Activities Arts & Artisans     Tags: nature & landscape experiences & activities arts & artisans    0 Comments San Pantaleo: Discovering The Village and The Market

Protected by the granite massif of Cugnana, in the north-eastern Gallura, San Pantaleo, a pearl of the “Emerald Coast” hinterland and part of the municipality of Olbia, in the province o...

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Sa Pintadera

Categories History & Culture Experiences & Activities Arts & Artisans     Tags: history & culture experiences & activities arts & artisans    0 Comments Sa Pintadera

Sa Pintadera is a circular clay disk with geometric motifs engraved on one facade, converging towards the centre, almost a primitive Mandala, as the Pintadera actually recalls the magnetic Mandala...

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The Nuragic Glass

Categories History & Culture Arts & Artisans     Tags: history & culture arts & artisans    0 Comments The Nuragic Glass

... was it already there a century before the Mesopotamian and the Egyptian one? According to Pliny the Elder, a man of insatiable curiosity who made many studies and wrote many essays, the first u...

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Sardinia, Island Of Records

Categories Traditions & Folklore Personalities Nature & Landscape History & Culture Food Experiences & Activities Arts & Artisans     Tags: traditions & folklore personalities nature & landscape history & culture food experiences & activities arts & artisans    0 Comments Sardinia, Island Of Records

Sardinia, a wonderful island in the Mediterranean, is somewhat reminiscent of the song by Georges Moustaki, where he portraits himself being " Half pirate, half artist ". Pirate because it is w...

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10 Characters With Sardinia In The Heart

Categories Traditions & Folklore Personalities History & Culture Golfo Aranci Arts & Artisans     Tags: traditions & folklore personalities history & culture golfo aranci arts & artisans    0 Comments 10 Characters With Sardinia In The Heart

They were born in Sardinia, or they came to be acquainted with the island later on. However, they tied their existence to Sardinia, making it become an important part of their soul. The mythical hero...

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Sardinian Language And Music

Categories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Arts & Artisans     Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture arts & artisans    0 Comments Sardinian Language And Music

Language and music, so closely linked and integrated together, belong to the vast Sardinian culture, combining the heritage of the past with the present one. The study of popular and traditional mus...

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Enrico Mereu, Sculptor Of Asinara Island

Categories Personalities Nature & Landscape Arts & Artisans     Tags: personalities nature & landscape arts & artisans    0 Comments Enrico Mereu, Sculptor Of Asinara Island

The round hills covered with the mediterranean scrub, inhabited by the rare white donkeys, the magical colours of a sea rich of life, the Marine Protected Area since 2002. This is the Island of Asina...

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