Citadel of Art and Music
The municipal Auditorium of Aglientu has been dedicated to the famous Italian lyricist, singer-songwriter, and record producer Enrico Riccardi, born in Tortona on March 27, 1934, who moved to Portobello di Gallura in the late seventies. He was immediately fascinated by this place and spent the rest of his life there.
The Auditorium houses some musical instruments that belonged to the renowned artist, donated to the municipality of Aglientu by his family after his passing on March 17, 2019.
Enrico Riccardi’s passion for music happened by chance. His approach began by tinkering with a piano that his father, a furniture polisher, brought home. A piano tuner, a friend of his father, recognized his perfect pitch. Having perfect pitch made everything easy; he could recognize and remember all the notes.
His training was predominantly self-taught, and he began his career as a musician in the early 1950s. In the early 1960s, he became a singer-songwriter, recording several 45 rpm records for various labels. During these years, he began his collaboration with Luigi Albertelli, a lyricist and television author, his fellow townsman and childhood friend. Their bond lasted for more than 50 years, and together they created great hits, with Riccardi writing the music and Albertelli the lyrics.
Among his first great triumphs, we remember the song “Zingara,” performed by Bobby Solo and Iva Zanicchi, which won the Sanremo Festival in 1969.
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The production of Aggius carpets has been a vital economic resource since the 19th century. In 1927, Prof. Cannas founded the first weaving school to preserve this precious tradition. Local artisan workshops have continued to produce these carpets without interruption, passing down the art from generation to generation.
Aggius carpets are renowned for their vibrant colors and distinctive decorations, creating a sort of “textile painting”. The traditional colors used are yellow, red, natural black, purple, green, light blue, burgundy, white, and gray.
In Aggius, two types of weaving are practiced: the “soprariccio”, known in the rest of Sardinia as “pibiones”, which uses a loom with four heddles and four pedals, and the “a l’antiga” technique, with two heddles and two pedals. The warp is made of cotton. The weaving style, known as “a dati”, is characterized by a series of horizontal stripes separated by bands of different colors, called “pommu”.
Among the other main types of carpets, we find “lu saccu a ciai”, considered the simplest carpet, formerly used as a blanket, and the carpet with continuous design. The carpets are made of linen and carded wool. The combination of traditional materials and techniques makes each carpet unique, celebrating the rich cultural and artistic heritage of Aggius, appreciated both in Sardinia and abroad.
Traditional clothing represents one of the most effective symbols of cultural belonging, capable of clearly delineating collective, regional, and national identities. In the context of traditions, clothing had a social communication function, making immediately recognizable the region of origin, sex, age, marital status, and role of each community member.
A significant example is the “camisgiòla” or little jacket, a female garment specially prepared for marriage and subsequently used on all occasions that required elegant attire.
The camisgiòla was made with heavy fabrics such as orbace, cloth, and velvet (strictly red in color), enriched with silver lace and lined with high-quality brocade.
The front part of the jacket was reduced to highlight the shirt and bodice and was closed with two laces, while the sleeves, long to the wrist, had large longitudinal openings from the armpit to the forearm, through which the wide sleeves of the shirts protruded. On the outer part of the sleeves, along the forearm, fake buttonholes were sewn from which ten burnished silver buttons hung. This detailed closure system not only added a decorative element to the garment but also reflected the craftsmanship and attention to detail characteristic of traditional clothing.
Museum of Banditry
The Museum of Banditry aims to conduct research on the material testimonies of man and his environment: it acquires them, preserves them, communicates them, and above all exhibits them for the purposes of study, education, and enjoyment. Without running the risk of mythologizing the figure of the outlaw and exalting his deeds, the museum’s objective is rather to spread positive values for the construction of a mentality that favors the affirmation of legality and public morality at every level. In a territory like Gallura, which was the protagonist of the banditry phenomenon for about three centuries, this cultural center fits perfectly, offering visitors and residents an overview of documents, photos, films, objects, and testimonies of the past, but above all trying to stimulate reflections on a future to be built together.
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