Sardinia - Finestre sull'Arte

Porto Torres: ancient thermal mosaic dressing room discovered in the Domus of marine mosaics

During the first four months of excavations in the complex known as the Domus of Marine Mosaics in Porto Torres, investigations carried out on the connecting area between two areas of the Domus that had already emerged in the previous excavation camp...
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Fragments of two statues emerge from Monte Prama excavations: but that's just the beginning

Excavations begin again and the "discoveries" (or rather discoveries) at the site of Mont'e Prama, the Sardinian Iron Age sanctuary that has become famous because of the statues of so-called "giants." full-round sculptures representing boxers, warrio...
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The natural and social landscape shared between Sardinia and Molise in Lisetta Carmi's shots. On display in Termoli

The MACTE Museum of Contemporary Art in Termoli is hosting until January 16, 2022, the exhibition Lisetta Carmi. Voci allegre nel buio, curated by Luigi Fassi and Giovanni Battista Martini, in collaboration with the Lisetta Carmi Archive. Seventy sho...
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From an unprecedented institutional clash comes the foundation of the Giants of Mont'e Prama

A few hours ago an end was put to the tormented affair of the Monte Prama Foundation, wanted by Minister Dario Franceschini in 2017 to manage, in spite of its name, all the cultural assets of the Municipality of Cabras (in addition to the Mont'...
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Conspiracy theory and bureaucratic chaos: the reasons for the fight over the Giants of Mont'e Prama

To those who do not follow Sardinian current events, the Feb. 10 agency report came as a bolt out of the blue: the Cabras municipality closes the town museum and deploys police in front of the gates to prevent the local Superintendency, bas...
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