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Ichnusaite 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 MoreGeologically Sardinia
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Today I would like to make an interesting geological excursus, Sardinia's particular charm is also geologically present. While the entire Italian peninsula is on the line of contact between the Afric...
Read MoreThe Petrified Forest of Carrucana
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At one and a half-hour drive from the Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites , 106 km far, in the Oristano province, there is a wonderful oddity to visit: the Carrucana's Petrified Forest , uni...
Read MoreThe Omodeo Lake
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The Omodeo Lake, the largest artificial basin in Europe, is a casket of submerged treasures: Tombs of the Giants, Domus de Janas, a Pre-Nuragic settlement of Serra Linta, a 20 million-year-old fossil...
Read MoreSa Testa Holy Well In Olbia
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The beliefs and legends that still survive and feed the popular imagination on the ancient cult of water in Sardinia, are really countless. And when we went to visit the Sa Testa Holy Well, 12 k...
Read MoreThe Posidonia: The Aquatic Plant That Saves Our Coasts
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The Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites guest perhaps does not know Posidonia , because when he arrives for his holidays, the necessary operation to move the " banquettes " washed up to the...
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 MoreConca Fraicata - a Smurfs’ House?
Categories Traditions & Folklore Nature & Landscape Tags: traditions & folklore nature & landscape 0 Comments
Most of us grew up with the Smurfs . Back in 1958, the Belgian designer Peyo had the very happy inspiration of creating the cute and little blue inhabitants of the woods, who lived in round house...
Read MoreSardinian Arsons
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“Stizia Du Pìghiri” Let Justice Take you! The Association " L’Uomo che Pianta gli Alberi “(The Man Who Plants the Trees) is interested in the protection of the en...
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...
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