Skipper's photos with the keyword: Sardegna

Masua is a small mining town, now abandoned, in the south-westerly coast of Sardinia. Most of the mines were in the hills by the sea not far from this beach. The ore, after it was purified and ground, it was brought to this beach and loaded into small sailing boats which carried it to a nearby harbour where it was loaded into large cargo vessels. That rock visible in the distance it is called nowadays "Pan di Zucchero", which is a fantasy name given to advertise the place for tourists. In spite of the many mines and industrial plants still present the coast is very beautiful and much attended in summertime. CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO SEE IT BETTER

The sight of Cagliari's cathedral at the top of the quarter castello. (I enjoyed playing with textures, I hope you enjoy it too). CLICK ON THE PHOTO TO SEE IT BETTER

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 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.

Forlorn military barracks in the island of Caprera, in northern Sardinia. In the past Caprera, almost completely uninhabited, hosted several military fortifications and barracks.

The small cove here below is Cala Brigantino in the north-eastern coast of Caprera. The photo is taken from an old fort built in 1800 when it was feared that the French armies were going to invade Sardinia from the nearby Corsica.