The traditional event, dedicated to Gian Maria Volonté, conceived and organized by the Quasar Cultural Association reached its twentieth edition in 2023. For more than twenty years the festival has involved different generations of Italian and international performers, proposing…
The development of an effective distance telecommunications system via radio waves (wireless telegraphy or radiotelegraph) earned Guglielmo Marconi the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909. His genius was not immediately understood by the Italian Post Office Minister and it was…
An hotel, a congress centre, a conference building, two large commercial spaces and a quay for 700 boats built according to strict principles of environmental sustainability and with the utmost respect for the natural landscape of the entire archipelago. Designed…
Set between granite rocks and crystalline sea, the crossroads of some of the historical events that most marked the “belpaese”, La Maddalena enters by right into the exclusive club that brings together the most ancient and precious Italian pearls. The…
In an old abandoned granite quarry, in Cala di Villamarina on Santo Stefano Island, you can see the bust of an enormous unfinished statue. The work, commissioned by Benito Mussolini to the sculptor Arturo Dazzi, should have been part of…
Giovanni Cesaraccio, born in La Maddalena on October '50, is considered by the most an important point of reference on flora, fauna and geology of the entire La Maddalena Archipelago. Introverted and not at all accustomed to any form of…
The history of Caprera Women's Soccer began in 1988, when President Roberto Cau and his wife (and former football player) Adriana Manca decided to give shape their new creature by founding the white-green society. Theirs was an ambitious project full…
Someone says that the idea behind the movie “Life Is Beautiful”, which earned Roberto Benigni an Oscar, was born in La Maddalena Archipelago, more precisely on the island of Santa Maria. The Tuscan actor and director, along with his wife…
“Red Desert”, also known as "The Red Desert", is a 1964 feature movie directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, his first Technicolor work. He was awarded with a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for best movie, with the Silver Ribbon…
Gian Maria Volonté, winner of a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival, is unanimously considered as one of the greatest Italian actors. Directed by huge names such as Sergio Leone, Francesco Rosi, Elio Petri and Giuliano…