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The Well Temple Of Su Tempiesu

Categories History & Culture     Tags: history & culture    0 Comments The Well Temple Of Su Tempiesu

Orune, a precious village in the heart of Barbagia, reachable in 1 hour and 45 minutes by car, 110 km far from Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites , has two unique masterpieces distinguishing...

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Domus De Janas Of Sennori 

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Sennori’s Domus de Janas could be a UNESCO heritage site, being on the list  for candidacy as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for The decorated Domus de Janas of Sardinia.   T...

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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

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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...

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Building 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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The Domus De Janas “La Rocca” In Sedini

Categories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture     Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture    0 Comments The Domus De Janas “La Rocca” In Sedini

In the north-west of Sardinia, in Anglona, ​​among the hills overlooking the Gulf of Asinara, the small village of Sedini, 95 km and 1 hour and a half by car from the Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel &...

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Sisaia, Six Times Grandmother

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We already talked about Supramonte , which is the heart of Sardinia, hard as granite and velvety like the air you breathe, scented with earth, flowers, grass and stone. An extraordinary nature ...

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Ziqqurat Monte D'Accoddi

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What does Ziqqurat mean? They are stepped pyramidal towers built by the Sumerians around 4000 BC. on their arrival in Mesopotamia, formed by several overlapping and decreasing floors, different ...

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The Tsunami s'Unda Manna

Categories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture     Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture    0 Comments The Tsunami s'Unda Manna

Italian National Geographic on June 26, 2023 published an article on a tsunami of 3,600 years ago which was the cause of one of the greatest disasters of humanity. It was caused by the volcanic erupt...

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Was Ötzi The Iceman Sardinian?

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In 1991 some German tourists accidentally found a 5,300-year-old mummy in excellent condition at an altitude of 3,210 metres at the foot of the Similaun glacier, in Val Senales, in Trentino Alto Adi...

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