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T h e r e i s s t i l l u n c e r t a i n t y o n t h e o r i g i n s o f O r i s t a n o

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...
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T h e c a p i t a l o f t h e f l o u r i s h i n g “ G i u d i c a t o d i A r b o r e a ”

The capital of the flourishing “Giudicato di Arborea”

Oristano, after Tharros decadency, became the capital of the “Giudicato di Arborea”...
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T h e e d u c a t e d M a r i a n o I V , “ G i u d i c e ” b r o u g h t u p i n t h e c o u r t o f A r a g o n a

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...
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T h e m y t h o f E l e o n o r a a n d t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f t h e C a r t a d e L o g u

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...
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T h e v a n i s h e d p e a c e a n d t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e d e c a d e n c y

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...
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