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INSPIRATION<\/h4>\n
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Hills aroundSerrenti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Serrenti, City of Oil and Raw Earth,<\/strong> is waiting for me! Councilors Maura and Federica welcome me together with my dear friend Cristina, born in Serrenti but now living in the Cagliari area, and Marco and Anna who will host me. The day will be long and full of things to see and do!<\/p>\n

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San Giacomo church<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have the honour of being driven by Marco on a 1969 Fiat 500 Autobianchi Giardiniera, a real rarity! We take a small tour of the churches, first the hill where the fourteenth-century church of San Giacomo<\/strong> is located; then the Romanesque sanctuary of Santa Vitalia<\/strong>, particular because the church was rotated at the beginning of the last century so that the beautiful original facade is now on one side … I must admit that today’s facade has no comparison with the original! Finally, the parish church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Immaculate<\/strong>, with a facade that looks like a temple and a sumptuous interior.<\/p>\n

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Churchgoer at the parish church of Santissima Beata Vergine Immacolata<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are many houses built in raw earth<\/strong>, but also with the trachyte<\/strong> coming from the volcanic hills that surround the village, of which many beautiful portals that surround the entrances of the Campidanese houses are made of.<\/p>\n

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Old portals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Monti Crastu<\/strong> Angelo is waiting for us for lunch. This hillside has become a real theme park, full of sculptures, a pinneto<\/em>, a waterfall with communicating vessels, even the reconstruction of a sacred well! All the work of Angelo’s hands!<\/p>\n

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View from Monti Crastu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Along a path on the hill we come to a menhir and an outdoor stone sitting room from which you can admire the entire surrounding area. Here Angelo also grows an incredible variety of medicinal herbs, pink pepper, incense, sage and many others.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s an energetic place\u201d Angelo assures me. From here you can see the hill of Monti Mannu<\/strong> where there is a protonuraghe in which important relics of the Bonnanaro culture were found.<\/p>\n

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Serrenti at sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the evening Marco and Anna organised an exhibition at their home, a historic house in the center of the town. The hall serves as a concert hall and at one end we perform, Marco on guitar and Anna on vocals. The place is filled with people and friends curious to hear my story and our music in a suggestive, almost cinematic place.<\/p>\n

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Ready to perform!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\nSOUND FRAGMENTS<\/h4>\n\n