There is still uncertainty on the origins of Oristano
The origin of Oristano is still unclear. The first written references go back to VII century AD and has been attributed to the geographer...
The capital
of the flourishing
“Giudicato di Arborea”
Oristano, after Tharros decadency, became the capital of the “Giudicato di Arborea” (district of Arborea), thanks to its...
The educated Mariano IV,
“Giudice” brought up
in the court of Aragona
The 1323's Aragonese arrival in Sardinia was arranged the year before in Avignon, by the Aragonese king Giacomo II “il Giusto”...
The myth of Eleonora
and the importance
of the Carta de Logu
Ugone III was a great leader, but his authoritarian character and his serious depressive syndrome (no doctor manage to cure it) made him...
The vanished peace
and the beginning
of the decadency
In 1391, the war against the Aragoneses burst again by the same Brancaleone, yearning for redemption. “Villa di Chiesa” (...
