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With breakfast behind us and packed lunches ready, we first went by car to Bosa castle, where we walked last night. We were actually a little early (fifteen minutes before opening time), but by the time we had walked from the parking lot to the entrance of the castle it was already opening time. We were the second customer of the day! On this site you could only climb the main tower of the castle ruins and walk over the castle walls and a part of the courtyard. After seeing this we continued our way to Santa Cristina.
Santa Cristina is an open-air museum, where excavations of a Christian village from the 12th century can be found. On the same site there are also nuraghe, which are ancient structures made of basalt rock and a sacred water well. We also had lunch and coffee here. After seeing all this we drove on to San Seperato. This is an artists' village that bears this title thanks to local artist Pinuccio Sciola (1942). Since the 60s / 70s he has been making works of art throughout the village, mainly wall drawings to brighten up the dull image of the village. In addition, he was very concerned with nature, especially stones/rocks. He also makes art objects from boulders, especially musical objects. By cutting grooves of different depths in the stone, you can produce musical sounds (through vibrations) by rubbing your hand or a stone over it. He made these works of arts from three types of stone: limestone, basalt and granite. The special thing about the limestone variant is that in addition to musical sounds, the rock is also flexible. By rubbing it you will see the pieces of stone vibrate. Sciola has created hundreds of works of art, and they are all on display in the garden. Unfortunately, the artist himself passed away in 2016. Finally, we drove to Decimomannu, which will be our accommodation for the next two nights. When we got there we did some groceries and cooked dinner. After dinner, a relaxed evening of doing nothing! Tomorrow we will drive to Nora, an archaeological site from Roman times, and we go to the capital of Sardinia: Cagliari! More about that tomorrow, of course!
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