Sadali

This is taken in Sadali, a village in the mountains of central Sardinia. A curious thing to be noticed: on the door there is painted a date: OK DDT 21.2,1950 That was due to the campaign against the malaria that the Americans (Rockfeller foundation) have done just after the war, spreading extensively DDT everywhere. Thanks to that malaria disappeared in Sardinia. They used to paint the date once they sprayed the insecticide.

This is again Sadali a small town in the central mountains of Sardinia. Generally I seldom visit this part of the island which in my view has no interest. I am an incurable worshipper of the sea. But that time I had a good motive to go there: the municipality of Sadali had organized a photographic contest. I had sent my digital photo by email to them and I had been selected for the final prize. Ten people had been chosen out of about 300 participants and they were invited to the town to know the first three winners and participate to the party. I didn’t win but it was satisfactory anyway to have been selected among so many participants. I had never been before there and I was surprised to find a nice and interesting old town perched among the mountains and green with trees. Sadali suffered from a strong emigration and very few people still live there. They are trying to promote tourism and the photographic contest and the following exhibition were part of this promotion.

This lovely waterfall lies in the centre of the town of Sadali. Actually there are several waterfalls and creeks in the area of Sadali, the town being built among the hills.

This is on old Sardinian traditional oxen cart, found on a yard in Sadali. Farmers used to carry their products with this way of transport. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO SEE IT BETTER