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“Is Fassonis”, Sardinian’s Lake Boats
Categories Traditions & Folklore Sealife & Watersports Arts & Artisans Tags: traditions & folklore sealife & watersports arts & artisans 0 Comments
We know that the ancient Sardinians were sea people. Approx. 120 Nuragic bronze statuettes representing Nuragic ships, are confirming that they had good nautical knowledge. But we have always though...
Read MoreSu Filindeu, The Pasta Of God
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We have already talked about it in the Pasta article, but Su Filindeu deserves to be told in detail, because it is a real Sardinian excellence. Not only is it a Slow Food presidium but it ...
Read MoreGin Made In Sardinia
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I 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
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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...
Read MoreObsidian: 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...
Read MoreThe Zodiac Fountain Of Tinnura
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It'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
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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...
Read MorePaidobus, The Mobile School
Categories Personalities History & Culture Arts & Artisans Tags: personalities history & culture arts & artisans 0 Comments
In 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
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The 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
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Stella 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...
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