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Sassari, Municipal Auditorium. Photos of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, from Sardegna DL

In 1948 Cagliari became the capital of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia. This event generates an inevitable debate about the role that the city should have played in the future

Cagliari, aerial view of the Teatro Massimo. Photos from Sardinia Aerial Photos - Orthophotos and Cartographic Data © Agea, All rights reserved

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New architectural developments

In 1948 Cagliari became the capital of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia. This event generates an inevitable debate about the role that the city should have played in the future.

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Sassari, buildings in Piazza Castello. Photos from Sardinia Aerial Photos - Orthophotos and Cartographic Data © Agea, All rights reserved

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Postwar architecture

It was the city of Sassari that made its debut with the first “skyscraper”, built in Piazza Castello on the edge of the ancient nucleus, with a shocking intervention not much different from the action of the “healing pic...

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Porto Cervo, Stella Maris parish. Photo by Alberto Maisto, from Sardegna DigitalLibrary

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The Costa Smeralda style

The creation of the Costa Smeralda, operated by the homonymous Consortium founded in 1962, marks the beginning of the tourist boom in Sardinia. The area affected by this significant architectural phenomenon, but also eco...

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A square for Cagliari

In the last quarter of the 20th century, construction activity in Sardinia ranged from residences to outdoor accommodation, from the installation of museums to shopping centers. However, there is little attention paid to...

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Architecture today

We can close the review of the most recent architecture, which assumes even more the character of a choice between different possibilities, with some achievements that for different reasons are worth as many “unique piec...

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Costa Smeralda. Road signs. Photo by Alberto Maisto, from Sardegna DigitalLibrary

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The island of holidays

The tourist boom in Sardinia is represented by the “Costa Smeralda affair” which, over an area extended for about 50 km between Arzachena and Olbia, has triggered a mechanism for the total transformation of uninhabited p...

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Galleria 3 Miniera Macciurru

la galleria si apre nella parete rocciosa arenaceo-scistosa, dopo un breve scavo di avanzamento, e risulta in parte coperta dalla vegetazione e da macerie. L'imbocco della galleria presenta volta semicircolare rozzamente scolpita nella roccia; non è armata. Risulta difficile la valutazione delle caratteristiche dell'opera a causa della difficoltà ad avvicinarsi all'ingresso. Presenza di acqua sul fondo.

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