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Domus De Janas Of Malghesi: A Fairy House

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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...

A Merciful Killer: The Mysterious Female Accabbadora

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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...

Pinna Nobilis Or Noble Pen Shell

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The Pinna Nobilis , commonly known as Noble Pen Shell or Fan Mussel , is one of the largest bivalve molluscs living in muddy bottoms, with the toe of the shell firmly planted in the sand thr...

Vogue's Photo-Shooting Among Sardinia's Nuraghe

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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...

Masks Of Sardinia & Its Spectacular Folklore

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The masks of the Mamuthones , Issohadores , Boes , and Merdules are among the best known in Sardinia. What perhaps the tourist doesn’t know is that they belonging to two different tradit...

Sardinia: Not Only Sun, Salt and Sea

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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...

Dolmen, Menhir & Cromlech

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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...

Tiscali's Nuragic Village

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Tiscali, the well-known Sardinian telecommunication company, founded in 1998 by Renato Soru, is well known to most of Italians, but perhaps not everyone knows that the company owes its name to ...

Was Christophers Columbus Sardinian?

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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...

Sa Pompìa: The Unique Citrus Of Sardinia

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In mid-November the Competition for 2019 Best Panettone in the World took place in Rome, meaning that the panettone is now belonging not only to Milan's history and tradi...