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Maria Carta
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Maria Carta, whose voice had warm echoes of the scorching sun and dark echoes of the depths of the caves, sang Sardinia as a woman had never done before. The sounds of an ancient past, the myths, th...
Read MoreThe "Borgo dei Borghi" 2022 Challenge
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" The exciting challenge between the most beautiful boroughs in Italy starts again. For the artistic heritage lovers of the great or small stories of our countries, lovers of culinary or artisan spec...
Read MoreIchnusaite and Nuragheite
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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: ...
Read MoreThe Dueno’s Vase
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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...
Read MoreNuragic 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...
Read MoreSan Pantaleo: Discovering The Village and The Market
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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...
Read MoreSa Pintadera
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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...
Read MoreThe Nuragic Glass
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... 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...
Read MoreSardinia, Island Of Records
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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...
Read More10 Characters With Sardinia In The Heart
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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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