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A World's Heritage: Dry-Stone Walls
Categories Nature & Landscape History & Culture Tags: nature & landscape history & culture 0 Comments
Half a century ago, Ferdinando Manno wrote in his " Centuries among the olive trees ": " For generations and generations, the farmers gathered this immense quantity of stones ordering them one by...
Read MoreIron Craftmanship Of Sardinia
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Iron craftsmanship in Sardinia, thanks to the island’s rich mineral resources, is art going back thousands of years, as confirmed by the bronze statuettes ( brunzìttu nuragicu in S...
Read MoreSa Genti Arrubia: Pink Flamingos Of Sardinia
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In Sardinia, colours are lording it over in all its nuances and those who love Sardinia as I do, know it very well. Let's start with the shades of the Sardinian sea, which are the most magical vision...
Read MoreThe Sardinian Art Of Jewellery
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Sardinian jewels are of a very particular beauty indeed. Gold or silver, worked in filigree, bejewelled with stones and coral: jewels are an important part of traditional clothing, they have a histo...
Read MoreA Journey Into The Local Past: Sa Domo De Marras
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An excursion from which I brought back with me a captivating experience was at the ethnographic museum "Sa Domo 'e Sos Marras " , an ancient eighteenth-century manor house, located in the histor...
Read MoreA Sardinian Nobel Prized Author: Grazia Deledda
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"I'm very small, you know, I'm short even compared to Sardinian women who are very small, but I'm bold and brave like a giant and I'm not afraid of intellectual battles." Thus, Grazia Deledda w...
Read MoreSingers Of Sardinia
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During the superb holidays spent at the Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites, Sardinian songs are an experience to take home as it’s comparable to the sun: it lingers on the skin and then remai...
Read MoreSa Paradura: Safety In Numbers
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" The Sa Paradura is a gesture that is existing since the dawn of time. When a shepherd unluckily loses his flock for many reasons, may it be because it has been stolen, or because it has bee...
Read MoreThe Shardana: Warriors Of Sardinia
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A Nuragic civilization was born and developed in Sardinia, confined in a period dating from the Bronze Age (1800 BC) to the 2nd century BC, already being Roman Age. The Shardana , populati...
Read MoreAtlantis, The Center Of The World And ... Sardinia!
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I love Sardinia. And it’s not only due to the famous imposing Sardinian rocks, and it’s not only due to the Mediterranean scrub nor due to the enchanting emerald-like colour of the sea. ...
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