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October polenta still feeds Piazza Maria Ausiliatrice in Arborea

September 26, 2026 by Tom Royce
Vintage postcard titled 'Greetings from Arborea, Italy' with oversized, decorative ARBOREA lettering filled with street scenes; central town panorama and six circular insets of landmarks: Chiesa Parrocchiale del Cristo Redentore, Municipio 1931 (Via Omodeo), Palazzo della Società Bonifiche Sarde, Villa del Presidente della Società Bonifiche Sarde, Giardini di Piazza Maria Ausiliatrice, Mulino e Silos (1929–1931); floral border framing the scene.

Most of Sardinia greets you with granite, cork forest, or a castle on a rock. Arborea does none of that. You peel off the SS 131 near Marrubiu, and the roads go straight. Canals run beside the fields. Low houses sit in green rectangles. After a week of hill towns and cliffs, the flat can … Read more

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