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Nuoro, tradition, art, and culture

  Nuoro, tradition, art, and culture Museums and art centres in fascinating and perfectly preserved historic neighbourhoods. Nuoro, the most populous centre of Barbagia, is a town of tradition and culture. Situated on a rocky ridge at the foot of Mount Ortobene, Nuoro is the third most important Sardinian town, after Cagliari and Sassari. Recently developed, in the 16th century it was little more ...

Gesturi and its Giara dei Cavallini, in Sardinia

Gesturi, an ancient village in Marmilla, Sardinia, known for the Cavallini della Giara and its old centre

Cagliari and its Districts

Cagliari, a fascinating city that offers a unique combination of culture, history, natural beauty and a vibrant energy.

Discovering rural places of worship: rural churches

Discovering rural places of worship: rural churches Why not visiting Sardinia heartland by crossing its countryside to discover rural places of worship? Though not always important from the historical or architectural point of view, these sites still retain a special flavour and atmosphere! A visit can help preserve and enhance them. In the countryside of whole Sardinia you find numerous small churches dating back ...

Inside Tiscali Mount there is a village where time see...

Inside Tiscali Mount there is a village where time seems to have stopped. For Sardinians Tiscali is first of all the name of one of the most evocative and intriguing Late Nuragic settlements, which is hidden inside a huge natural cave, not easily accessible, in a very harsh and remote corner of the Supramonte Barbaricino. The nuragic village Tiscali is composed of two groups …

welcome to Torre delle stelle

Torre delle Stelle is a village that stands on a promontory along the coastal road that leads from Cagliari to Villasimius, in the south-east of Sardinia.