La Sardegna
Gastronomy
Sardinia is one of best destinations for tourists, not only for its natural beauties, but also for its food based on excellent recipes. Each province of Sardinia has its own traditions.
MEAT
Among the meat dishes the mos...
Economy
Commercial activity was based on small-scale agriculture and sheep farming. Sheep and goats provided milk, which was processed into cheese, vineyards yielded grapes, which were made into wine, olive trees were harvested ...
Einführung
Sardinien ist eine sehr alte Insel, deren Ursprünge ungefähr 600 Millionen Jahre zurückliegen. Erste menschliche Spuren haben neuesten Studien zufolge ein Alter von mehr als 200.000 Ja...
The Nuragic Era
The nuraghe is the main type of megalithic edifice found in Sardinia, dating back before 1000 BC The typical nuraghe is usually situated in a panoramic spot and has the shape of a truncated conical t...
The Carthaginians
In 510 BC, Sardinia passed into the hands of Carthage, the powerful colony founded by the Phoenicians on the shores of northerner Africa, in active trading and launched in the Mediterranean to become ...
Roman domination
In 238 a.C. Romans took possession of Sardinia. At the beginning there were many troubles caused by the resistance of the Sardinian-Punic peoples, culminating in the failed revolt of Ampsicora, a po...
Introduction
"A situation of dense complexity" it is the definition of heritage in Sardinia by the anthropologist Alberto Maria Cirese. And it is true indeed. Vital traditions, now lost in other parts of the M...
Grazia Deledda
Grazia Deledda was born in Nuoro in 1871 where she held throughout his literary education at all self-taught. The family of Grazia Deledda is a well-off family, his father, a small landowner with a di...
Music
It’s hard to find in such a limited geographical area (the island has an area of just under 24 thousand square kilometres and a population of 1 million 600 thousand inhabitants) a musical heritage as ...
The relief
The hinterland of Sardinia offers a variety of reasons for a visit go to different altitudes, many towns have as the scenic backdrop of rugged mountains conformations representing the world's largest ...
Flora and Fauna
The forests and high hills are the habitat of some rare species, protected by regional laws since the seventies of the twentieth century. In open and rocky areas of the mountain Supramonte is still po...
Lakes and ponds
In Sardinia, the water surfaces of lagoons and lakes paints landscapes very impressive due to the extraordinary richness of their ecosystems. Coastal lagoons, many protected by the Ramsar Convention, ...