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Golfo Aranci: A Fishermen Village
Catégories History & Culture Golfo Aranci Tags: history & culture golfo aranci 0 CommentairesIn the evening, when the sun is low, the pleasing breeze on the skin is an invitation for a stroll. The sea and sky colours have magic that flows through the appearing of the famous Golfo Aran...
Lire la suiteThe Swords In The Stones
Catégories History & Culture Tags: history & culture 0 CommentairesWho among us does not know the legend of Excalibur, the mythical sword stuck in the rock that would have consecrated King the man capable of extracting it, which was achieved by Arthur who thus becam...
Lire la suiteAlluai! Fishing With Euphorbia Juice
Catégories Nature & Landscape History & Culture Tags: nature & landscape history & culture 0 CommentairesIn Sardinia grows a variety of euphorbia very common in the countryside. It is a shrub with roundish foliage, which produces yellow flowers from January to April and goes into hibernation in the warm...
Lire la suiteA World's Heritage: Dry-Stone Walls
Catégories Nature & Landscape History & Culture Tags: nature & landscape history & culture 0 CommentairesHalf 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...
Lire la suiteA Journey Into The Local Past: Sa Domo De Marras
Catégories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Experiences & Activities Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture experiences & activities 0 CommentairesAn 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...
Lire la suiteA Sardinian Nobel Prized Author: Grazia Deledda
Catégories Personalities History & Culture Tags: personalities history & culture 0 Commentaires"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...
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Catégories Traditions & Folklore Personalities History & Culture Entertainment - Nightlife - Music Tags: traditions & folklore personalities history & culture entertainment - nightlife - concerts 0 CommentairesDuring 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 remain...
Lire la suiteSa Paradura: Safety In Numbers
Catégories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture 0 Commentaires" 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 i...
Lire la suiteThe Shardana: Warriors Of Sardinia
Catégories Personalities History & Culture Arts & Artisans Tags: personalities history & culture arts & artisans 0 CommentairesA 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...
Lire la suiteAtlantis, The Center Of The World And...Sardinia!
Catégories History & Culture Tags: history & culture 0 CommentairesI 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. I...
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