Friday 9 September 2016

Tour of Sardinia part 1: Sardinian style murals

Sardinia is an Italian Island next to Corsica, in the mediterranean sea.
This island has very special story of inquisitors around the whole mediterranean area ever since the aboriginals lived the island, before and during the Nuraghi period.


photo by author with the app Collagelt
I was on my way to visit Bosa when crossed this beautiful little town called Tinnura: Village of farmers and artisans.

Tinnura is an open air Museo with wall paintings in almost every house. These wall paintings got started as a form of protest for the local authority and later turned in to a street art with modern subjects. 
The mural art demonstrates how the life follows in these villages.  
The town hosts also various art work of famous local artists.
At Tinnura I found several artisan boutiques that sell straw items, such as vase or plates. 
These items are made by a hay that grows next to the street and is collect by hand, such as the elaboration of the objects. These are decorated with sun, or stars and coloured yellow, red and green next to the natural colour of the hay. 

Bosa is a small town along the only navigable river in Sardinia called Temo.


photo by author


Bosa used to be settled already at the period of prehistory, and it has several Domus de Janas as archeological founding  While in the bronze period as well as the Nuraghi period  it looks like there weren't much of a settlement in Bosa. As the whole island of Sardinia, also Bosa was occupied by Aragon after the fall of the family of Malaspina. 
The remains of Castle in the top of the hill gives a suggestive view over the bay of the Sardinian Sea. 


photo by author with apps SuperPhoto and Collagelt




Bosa is a beautiful little town where time seems to have stopped with its narrow streets and olive tree gardens. The down town walking street offers places to sit down, eat or just drink some coffee.
 While to the castle there are stairs to climb or a road to walk in. 

photo by author with apps SuperPhoto and Collagelt


Bosa offers several hotel B&B and rooms to let. Nice restaurants where to eat and drink. 


Feel free to leave your comment of your Mural experience. 



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