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    Default Barbaria / Barbagia

    The Barbagia is the most interior and mountainous region of Sardinia, it was called Barbarěa by the ancient romans, it means land of the barbarians.

    It's problably the only region located in the Mediterranean Sea tha wasn't conquered by the romans.

    The name comes from Cicero, who described it as a land of barbarians. This word derives from the Greek Βάρβαρος-ου, which means stuttering. The inhabitants were also known, by the ancient Romans, with the pejorative term latrones mastrucati, which means "thieves with a rough garment in wool".

    The Pope Gregory I, in 594 AD, described the Barbagia's people (that was pagan) as "irrational animals, ignorant of the truth of God and worshiping wood and stone."

    The inhabitants of this mountain region call themselves Barbaricini still today, that means Barbarians.


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    Default Femina Accabadora - Euthanasia practises in the ancient Sardinia

    The Femina Accabadora is the title given to a mature woman who was appointed by a community to apply euthanasia to the old and the infirm in Sardinia.

    It is something she would carry out with the utmost precision using a cudgel made from a section of a tree branch from which extends another branch, the whole thing cut to form a hammer-like weapon similar in appearance to the Irish shillelagh stick.

    Another means of inducing death used by the accabadora was strangulation, either by applying pressure to the neck or by placing the victim's neck between her knees.

    The word accabadora, comes from the spanish word " Acabar" that means "to end".

    There would only ever be one accabadora in any one generation. Each would serve the local community until their own death, a successor having already been appointed and prepared for the role. Justification for the existence of the accabadora was offered in the fact that only a woman can bring life into the world, so only a woman can take it away.

    The accabadora is portrayed as a mature woman dressed in black with a cowl-like shawl covering her head. One can imagine her approaching the house of a victim, her cudgel doubling as a walking stick. It is a sinister and very powerful image, and one made even the more haunting by the fact that this tradition is thought to have continued among some Sardinian communities until the 1940s.

    The accabadora would also attempt to induce death in a dying person by encouraging the soul to depart from the mortal body. In order to achieve this she would remove all objects of religious and personal significance from the room in which the person lay awaiting death. This supposedly enabled the spirit to more easily break free of its earthly bonds. Additionally, a strange device like a miniature farm yoke, with hooks at each end, was placed beneath the person's pillow, although for what purpose I have yet to ascertain.

    When the femina acabadora practised the euthanasia the christian objects, such as the holy pictures and the crucifixes, were hidden or covered by black drapes in the room of the moribund. In this way there wasn't the respect for religious dogma, and the woman could stop the pains of the dying person, without the risk to commit a sin, or be accused to be a murderer.

    Only to women were allowed practise euthanasia, due to the fact Sardinia was a traditionally matriarchal society.



    Original hammers with which the feminas accabadoras practised the euthanasia

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    Default The first Cinderella's book published in 1634 is set in part in Sardinia

    The first tale to have the protagonist named Cinderella is Giambattista Basile’s “Cat Cinderella,” written in 1634.

    Part of the tale is set in Sardinia
    "Before Perrault and the Brothers Grimm, Basile penned the first modern literary transcription of the Cinderella fairytale. It is the story of Zezolla, the daughter of an Italian Prince, who is betrayed by her governess and forced to live the life of a servant - that is until the King announces a feast. With assistance from a date tree given to her by the Fairies of Sardinia, Zezolla is able to attend the feast and her life is forever changed. "


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    Default The most ancient building built in Italy is located in Sardinia

    1. Prehistoric temple of Monte d'Accoddi (2,700 B.C.)




    2. Nuraghe Santu Antine (1,800 B.C.)



    3. Nuragic Castle of Su Nuraxi (1,500 B.C.)


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    Default The new president of Tunisia is a descendant of a sardinian kidnapped by the moors in XIX century

    The great grandfather of Beji Caid Essebsi, the new president elected in Tunisia, leader of the secular party Nidaa Tounes was a sardinian kidnapped by the tunisian pirates along the coasts of the island at the beginning of the XIX century, becoming a mamluk (white slave) who was raised with the ruling family of Tunisia and later was recognized as a free man and became an important member of the government.




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    Default According to a survey people from the province of Cagliari are the happiest in Italy

    Analysis based on iHappy based on million tweets collected daily from Italy’s 110 provinces reveals that Italy’s happiness capital and province was Cagliari (Sardinia). The sardinian capital’s province topped the rankings with 67.4% of its tweets classified as happy.

    Ten first happiest provinces:

    1) Cagliari 67.4%.
    2) Lecce 67.0%.
    3) Genova 67.0%.
    4) Parma 65.9%.
    5) Brindisi 65.8%.
    6) La Spezia 65.4%.
    7) Bari 65.2%.
    8) Ogliastra 65.1%.
    9) Perugia 65.0%.
    10) Lucca 64.9%


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    Default Sa Die de Sa Sardigna - Sardinia Day

    Sa die de Sardigna (the day of Sardinia) is celebrated on April 28, to commemorate the uprising of the revolutionary movements against the Piedmontese viceroy Balbiano, for political and economic reasons, which occurred in 1794. Balbiano and other Savoy officials were forced to leave Sardinia or executed, bringing centuries of feudalism at the end.

    This celebration has become the “National Day of the Sardinian people”.

    For the occasion, the schools remain closed and in major cities several events, related to the holiday, are organized.

    For example in Cagliari, a historical representation is staged and a formal sitting of the Regional Council is held.

    On the island take part historical conventions, debates, concerts, folk performances and much more on April 28, to celebrate the 1794 Sardinian revolution.




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