Hercules and the beach slide at Cala Brandinchi in San Teodoro.

Wild boars on Cala Brandinchi beach in San Teodoro.

Cork oaks bent under the Mediterranean wind in Nulvi.

Thousand-year-old olive tree of Lura.

Ancient granite quarry at Aggius.

Nuraghe Santu Antine dating from the Bronze Age 15th century BC in Torralba.

Sacred well of the Nuraghe Santa Cristina sanctuary near the year l000 BC at Paulilatino.

Street art on a stone bench with the monkey god in Sassari.

Polished pebbles on Castelsard beach.

Laundry pegs in La Maddalena.

Founded in 1963, I Nomadi, or the Nomads, are one of the oldest rock bands still active. They are very popular in Italy, even in the smallest towns, like tonight in Aggius, Sardinia.

Chiesa Nostra Signora di Tergu. The 12th-century Romanesque church takes its color from the red trachyte volcanic stone. 

Chiesa di San Pietro delle Imagini in Bulzi. The 12th-century Romanesque church takes its color from the dark volcanic stone interspersed with bands of limestone.

Chiesa di San Pietro di Sorres in Borutta. The 12th-century Romanesque church takes its color from the contrast between light limestone and dark volcanic stone.

Before mass in traditional costume in Aggius.

Basilica della Santissima Trinita in Saccargia. A stone face embedded in the wall of the 12th-century Romanesque church.

Basilica della Santissima Trinita in Saccargia. The 12th-century Romanesque church takes its color from the contrast between light limestone and dark basalt.

Basilica della Santissima Trinita in Saccargia. Feline head in the 12th-century Romanesque church.

Basilica della Santissima Trinita in Saccargia. Sacred cow from the capitals of the entrance portico to the 12th-century Romanesque church.

The missing crucifix in La Maddalena.

Struggle between angel and demon in the chiesa di San Michele in Albergho. 

Putti head in the Sant Antonio Abate cathedral in Castelsardo. 

Mass clothes go to the cleaners in the chiesa di San Michele in Albergho.