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After much anticipation, the live-action film of The Little Mermaid is finally out. It is a remake of the Disney classic that has made entire generations dream. In the film we see Ariel played by Halle Bailey, and her inseparable friend, Sebastian, on the coast of Sardinia. That's right because many of the locations chosen for the filming of The Li...

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THE ZIGGURAT OF MONTE D’ACCODDI was a place of the gods, somewhere between chelu e mare, as singer Maria Carta might have sung. That very word seemed somewhat outlandish—a ziggurat in Europe, in Sardinia of all places. Ziggurats were the ancient platform mounds and step pyramids that took shape in Mesopotamia in the fifth millennium BC like some sc...

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This week's rare wines require us to travel through history by sea. We start from Liguria, precisely from Bonassola. Here Davide and Giuseppe revived the Ruzzese grape, a variety cultivated since 600 AD and then forgotten at the beginning of the last century. Only 1,500 plants give us a sweet wine from dried grapes, of great character and charm. Th...

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Cagliari shines under the sun at the centre of the Mediterranean, with its splendid white limestone palaces. In this city is concentrated all the history of the Mediterranean sea: founded by the Phoenicians, dominated by the Romans and Carthaginians and finally at the center of disputes between Pisans and Spaniards, before ending up in the hands of...

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This week, the Italian government indicated the territory of Lula (province of Nuoro) on the Tyrrhenian island as the ideal place to host the Einstein Telescope – a third-generation gravitational wave detector, capable of “observing” signals from the cosmos to shed light on the unresolved questions of cosmology, such as black holes to dark matter,...

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Climate change has caused practical and dramatic consequences in everyday life in the past and is continuing to do so, especially in agriculture. Every year, the UN, together with IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, cross-checks the scientific data processed by organizations in various countries. Their 2023 report revealed that to lim...

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The name velvet comes from the Latin “vellus”, due to the characteristic dense pile on the right side of the fabric. Originally produced in the East, its use spread among the wealthier classes of the West in the 13th century. Velvet began to be produced in Italy in the 1500s, a time when a clear distinction was made between fabrics for clothing and...

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In Gallura, a few kilometers from Olbia and Golfo Aranci, at the north-eastern end of Sardinia the promontory of Capo Figari and the nearby islet of Figarolo offer a magnificent example of marine natural museum.  Capo Figari is a natural oasis that has no equal and offers a unique landscape of biodiversity, the ideal destination for those who love...

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today the significant loan from the Mont’e Prama Foundation, Sardinia, Italy, of a colossal limestone statue of a boxer known as Manneddu (mannu in Sardinian means “large”). The nearly seven-foot-tall figure, dating from about 900–750 BCE, will be on view for six months—from May 25 through December 6, 2023—i...

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Beni benius, welcome to the heart of the Mediterranean in a magical place, rich in history and natural beauty. Get lost among the white sandy beaches, the crystal clear waters and the silent interior of the island, kingdom of the Mediterranean maquis, the flco and the mouflon, take advantage of the famous hospitality of the Sardinians. Welcome to S...

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