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A lot of churches in Sassari and its hinterland are well-worth a visit

In Sassari there are many churches of oustanding artistic value. Among these we mention the cathedral of San Nicola, the patron saint of the city: placed in the old town centre, a few steps away from the Ducal Palace (...)

In Porto Torres and Alghero churches of considerable architectonic value

In Alghero, the bishop' s seat since 1503, the cathedral of Santa Maria (recently refurbished) has been constructed in Catalan late Gothic style. It has an octagonal bell tower with pyramidal cuspid. (...)

Su pinnettu, the shepherds'mountain shelter

“Su pinnettu” is the typical the shepherds' hut in the centre of Sardinia: it is made of a circular basement in stone and a cover of branches on a quite resistant loom of tree limbs. (...)

In Sadali one of the fews Sardinian watermills

In the old town center of Sadali, not far from the church of San Valentino, it is possible to admire one of the fews Sardinian watermills: it is fed by water, that in this village never lacks, not even in summer. (...)

The "stazzi" of Gallura: the simplicity of shepherds and peasants

Beside that for the beauty of its sea and its granites, Gallura is famous also for its folds: they are small country houses, in which lodged shepherds and peasants who, with their simplicity (...)

In Torralba a museum that keeps the secret of nuraghs

In Torralba the Museum "La Valle dei Nuraghi del Logudoro-Meilogu" cherishes the numerous archaeological finds found by the archaeologists during the long period of work in the important nuragh of Santu Antine (...)

The trip among the museums of Baronìe leads to Galtellì

In Galtellì there are at least two historical-cultural causes of interest. The first one is the Parco Letterario Deleddiano (the Deleddiano literary park), a path dedicated to the writer of Nuoro Grazia Deledda (1871-1936), who got the Nobel prize for literature in 1926: the town of Galtellì acted as a background to her famous novel: “Canne al vento” (Broken reeds). (...)

Ridescovering the charm of the casa campidanese (the house of Campidano)

Out of the centre of Cagliari (the fraction of Pirri, for example, is on its own a part of history) the villages of Campidano show some houses typologies, which changes according to job of his proprietor. Farmers and shepherds represent a different case, for the nature of their activities. Especially in the inhabitated cetres, each family lived inside a yard, which was marked off by a quite tall side-wall that assured privacy. (...)

Coloured "murales" to speak about freedom and peace

Thematic drawings, (generally set in the social and politic world, but also about nature and fantasy or scenes of rural and agrestic life) on outside walls of houses, mostly on those which hug the main streets: the "murales" are (...)

The ancient tanneries along the Temo among the pearls of Bosa.

They are considered national monuments of industrial archaeology, thanks to a proper intervention of the Minister for the Environment and the Cultural Heritage. The tanneries, which give the name (...)