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The Nuraghi: Ancient Heritage Of Sardinia

Categories Nature & Landscape History & Culture Experiences & Activities     Tags: nature & landscape history & culture experiences & activities    0 Comments The Nuraghi: Ancient Heritage Of Sardinia

" During the late 2nd millennium B.C. in the Bronze Age, a special type of structure known as nuraghi developed on the island of Sardinia.  The complex consists of circular towers in the form of...

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'Su Nuraxi': Nuragic Village Of Barumini

Categories History & Culture Experiences & Activities     Tags: history & culture experiences & activities    0 Comments 'Su Nuraxi': Nuragic Village Of Barumini

The Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites ’ guest wishing to take a day trip, 260 km far and 3 and a half hours by car, could visit the very interesting and unique " Su Nuraxi " Archaeologi...

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The Sardinian 'Stonehenge': Pranu Mutteddu Park

Categories History & Culture Experiences & Activities     Tags: history & culture experiences & activities    0 Comments The Sardinian 'Stonehenge': Pranu Mutteddu Park

If we hear about Stonehenge , the Neolithic site north-west of Salisbury, England, we immediately picture the most famous and imposing cromlech (" stone circle " in Breton), composed of a set...

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Marianne Sin Pfältzer: Open-Air Gallery In Golfo Aranci

Categories Personalities History & Culture Golfo Aranci     Tags: personalities history & culture golfo aranci    0 Comments Marianne Sin Pfältzer: Open-Air Gallery In Golfo Aranci

In the old part of Golfo Aranci village, hanging from the oldest houses, a series of mainly black and white photos tells the story of the last century's fishermen's community emigrated from Ponza, V...

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Domus De Janas Of Malghesi: A Fairy House

Categories Traditions & Folklore Nature & Landscape History & Culture     Tags: traditions & folklore nature & landscape history & culture    0 Comments Domus De Janas Of Malghesi: A Fairy House

An hour's drive from the Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites , we arrive at an enchanted place near Oschiri town: " Oh my, this is the Hobbits land! " I tell myself. And I recall the stor...

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A Merciful Killer: The Mysterious Female Accabbadora

Categories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Experiences & Activities     Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture experiences & activities    0 Comments A Merciful Killer: The Mysterious Female Accabbadora

Within 50 minutes drive from Golfo Aranci, you can easily reach Lura's tiny village , where you may visit the impressive Museo Galluras , a 3-storey building of an original local home, w...

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Vogue's Photo-Shooting Among Sardinia's Nuraghe

Categories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture     Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture    0 Comments Vogue's Photo-Shooting Among Sardinia's Nuraghe

International Haute Couture has represented Sardinia abroad while revealing the treasure chest of the most hidden wonders, the nuraghi and the ancient and typical masks of Barbagia , the Mamuthon...

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Sardinia: Not Only Sun, Salt and Sea

Categories Nature & Landscape History & Culture Experiences & Activities     Tags: nature & landscape history & culture experiences & activities    0 Comments Sardinia: Not Only Sun, Salt and Sea

While reading and studying Sardinia with immense wonder, I persist in discovering its countless cultural treasures. And the more I learn, the more I realize I still know very little ... and its appe...

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Dolmen, Menhir & Cromlech

Categories Nature & Landscape History & Culture     Tags: nature & landscape history & culture    0 Comments Dolmen, Menhir & Cromlech

A few years ago in England, 13 kms far from Salisbury, I was fascinated observing Stonehenge, supposed to represent an "ancient astronomical observatory" consisting of megaliths. Stonehenge is undou...

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Was Christophers Columbus Sardinian?

Categories Personalities History & Culture     Tags: personalities history & culture    0 Comments Was Christophers Columbus Sardinian?

I remember that Sister Anna Concetta, my elementary school teacher, always reminded us on October 12th of the discovery of America by Ligurian Christopher Columbus who, with his famous three caravel...

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