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Pinuccio Sciola: Sardinian Sculptor & Muralist
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Golfo Aranci ’s promenade is embellished with two "Sails" carved in stone plus a group of three soundtracks by Pinuccio Sciola (15th March 1942 – 13th May 2016), the only sculptor wh...
Read MoreMarianne Sin Pfältzer: Open-Air Gallery In Golfo Aranci
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In the old part of Golfo Aranci village, hanging from the oldest houses, a series of mainly black and white photos tells the story of the last century's fishermen's community emigrated from Ponza, V...
Read MoreWas 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...
Read MoreMother Of The Murdered: The Sardinian Piety
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I n an extensive area of central-eastern Sardinia, rich in splendid mountains with steep walls, deep ravines, caves and caverns, where archaeological research is bringing to light the remains of the ...
Read MoreAnnarita Serra: Turning Trash Plastic Into Art
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"I had two dreams in my life: working with art and saving the sea. I have discovered over the years that one helps me to fulfil the other, that art helps me to save the sea. I know that I am doing i...
Read MoreSupramonte of Sardinia
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The complex of Supramonte, Sardinia’s core of Barbagia County, is about 130 km far and two hours drive from the Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites . Approaching by car, with the colou...
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 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 MoreMaria Lai & The Art Of Threads
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Stretched or tangled, sewn, resewn and unstitched, loose or knotted, the threads are the artistic language of a small Sardinian woman: Maria Lai . Maria Lai wanted to stitch the world with...
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