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Posada: a tour of medieval boroughs

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A half hour drive and 64 km far from Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites , Posada is a small pearl worth to be discovering. The town rises on a hill culminating with the tower of the ...

Plan A Visit: Holy Wells & Sacred Springs

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In many cultures, water is regarded as holy and symbolizes purification. In animist cults, water is a sacred gift to be respected and honoured. In the Hindu tradition, the main holy places are often ...

Eleanor of Arborea

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When it comes to her, the edging between reality and mythology is not always clear. Both history and legend tell of an exceptional woman: Eleanor, Iudex of Arborea. Around the middle of 1300, S...

The Carnival In Tempio Pausania Town

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The Carnival of Tempio Pausania (in Gallurese dialect Carrasciali timpiesu ) is the most important allegorical Carnival of Sardinia. Both in Tempio, and in general in Gallura, carnival has...

Oristano's Sartiglia: A Historic Equestrian Competition

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The Sartiglia is an equestrian competition that takes place in Oristano on the last Carnival Sunday (under the protection of St. John the Baptist, protector of farmers) and on Mardi Gras (u...

THE PAVONCELLA (LAPWING)

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We find it in fabrics, chests, pottery, carpets, jewels, and even in the bread baked for special festivities. Illustrations of birds, puligas (chicken) or affuragias (sparrows), is...

Orosei: Saint Anthony Abate's Bonfire

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Orosei is located at the foot of a volcanic hill on the Cedrino river valley, an hour and a half from our Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites, 100 km south. Historic capital of the southern Bar...

Tombs Of The Giants

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It seems that the Giants' Tombs were religious sites, but the most interesting and intriguing discovery is that these structures were built exactly where the energy channels of magnetic forces existi...

Golfo Aranci's Mermaid

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A peculiarity that guests visiting Golfo Aranci must not miss is the song of the Mermaid rising from the sea. From the depths of the blue sea, right in front of the Town Hall, emerg...

The Pillar of Light in Golfo Aranci

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On the 11th August 1932 in Golfo Aranci, Sardinia, Guglielmo Marconi was the first person to successfully undertake an experiment with an efficient system of wireless telegraphy using extreme ra...