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Pinuccio Sciola, the artist from San Sperate who makes the stones play

San Sperate, authentic town museum (hundred of murals and sculptures embellish this locality of Campidano), boasts a great tradition concerning chisellers. Pinuccio Sciola is the best and the most famous (...)

The granite of Villasimius for the street paving in Cagliari

Villasimius boasts a great tradition in the stonework. Its chisellers have found jobs even in other European Countries, especially in Germany, thanks to their manual ability in carving and working (...)

The obsidian of Pau from the volcanoes' antique activity

It is not really appropriate to consider the obsidian as a stone. However, this ancient siliceous glass originated from the eruptive activity of antique volcanoes, has constituted an optimal solid (...)

On the Tuttavista Mount the marble pits are still numerous

Numerous marble pits are present on the Monte Tuttavista, at an altitude of 806 meters. The chisellers of the zone of Orosei (one of the more important centers of the Baronìe) works with great ability (...)

The stone of Serrenti and its beautiful shadings from light-blue to gray

Serrenti (Campidano) is famous for the ability and fantasy of its craftsmen (it would be better to define them as artists) in the carving of the homonym volcanic stone, made of lava and tuff in combination (...)

The granite from Gallura, for years exported all over the world

All around Sardinia, unevenly spread, beautiful testimonies of stone-carving activity (since prehistory) are fortunately well visible: not only the megalithic monuments, naturally, (...)