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Return to Sea and Sardinia - Photography Exhibition 2022

Daniele Marzeddu

Digital Curation: Rita Carta Manias

Captions List

001 Taormina, Sicily. The “Via DH Lawrence” in the borough of Fontana Vecchia.

002 Taormina, Sicily. Taormina bay at night.

003 Mount Etna, Sicily. View from Taormina.

004 Taormina, Sicily. The Ionian Sea and the Isola Bella.

005 Taormina, Sicily. The old railway station building.

006 Taormina, Sicily. The modern railway station building.

007 Messina, Sicily. An old steam train used for transportation purposes in Sardinia.

008 Messina, Sicily.  An old steam train (details).

009 Sant'Alessio, Sicily. The railway line Catania – Messina.

010 Villa San Giovanni, Calabria. The ferry connecting Italy to Sicily.

011 Messina, Sicily. Vision of the city from the ferry.

012 Messina, Sicily. The old Chiosco Ottocentesco at Piazza Cairoli where one can drink the popular limonata col sale

013 Messina, Sicily. The Duomo

014 Messina, Sicily. The tramline connecting the northern to the southern side of the city.

015 Messina, Sicily. The route to the ferry, with Calabria in the background.

016 Messina, Sicily. The harbour docks.

017 The Tyrrhenian sea as seen from the train Messina – Palermo.

018 Palermo, Sicily. The historical centre.

019 Palermo, Sicily. The borough of Borgovecchio next to the port. 

020 Palermo, Sicily. On the streets of  Borgovecchio.

021 Palermo, Sicily. Street food stall serving panelle (Sicilian chickpeas fritters).

022 Palermo, Sicily. Borgovecchio, Piazza Ettore Ximenes.

023 Palermo, Sicily. On the streets of Borgovecchio.

024 Palermo, Sicily. Street food stall selling fresh produce.

025 Palermo, Sicily. Borgovecchio, Piazza Ettore Ximenes. Life outdoors and conviviality.

026 Palermo, Sicily. U Bambulu 'ri bambuli, story-teller.

027 Palermo, Sicily. Borgovecchio, Piazza Ettore Ximenes. I panni – the laundry.

028 Palermo, Sicily. Palermitans on the streets of Borgovecchio.

029 Sicilian ceramics heads in an art nouveau hotel. 

030 A hotel room decorated with old forniture, possibly similar to the one of 1921.

031 Palermo, Sicily. The Port.

032 The Mount Pellegrino as seen from the ferry Palermo – Cagliari.

033 Cagliari, Sardinia. The fading beacons of the port at the dawn.

034 Cagliari, Sardinia. View of the City as seen from the port.

035 Cagliari, Sardinia. The Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria as seen from the port.

036 Cagliari, Sardinia. The port and the Marina.

037 Cagliari, Sardinia. The via Roma.

038 Cagliari, Sardinia. The 'White Jerusalem'.

039 Cagliari, Sardinia. The Four Moors out of the Sardinian Flag.

040 Cagliari, Sardinia. The Caffé Roma and the Arcades of the Via Roma.

041 Cagliari, Sardinia. Fulvio and Ignazio from the Caffé Roma.

042 Cagliari, Sardinia. Giovani cagliaritani / young Cagliaritans.

043 Cagliari, Sardinia. Villa of Tigellio. Old and modern.

044 Cagliari, Sardinia. The 'broad flight of steps' leading towards the Scala di Ferro Hotel.

045 Cagliari, Sardinia. Tuvixeddu Punic necropolis. Old and modern.

046 Cagliari, Sardinia. The Banco di Sardegna HQ took over the FCS train station Cagliari-Mandas. Old and modern.

047 Cagliari, Sardinia. The Ferrovie dello Stato train Station.

048 Cagliari, Sardinia. Old/Modern/Contemporary trains.

049 On the 'Trenino Verde' to Mandas. The Lawrences doubles.

050 The 'Trenino Verde' and Inland Sardinia views.

051 Mandas, Sardinia. The train station.

052 Mandas, Sardinia. Barbara, the great-grandchild of Calogero Lunetta, the host of Lawrence.

053 Mandas, Sardinia. The church of Saint Anthony the Great.

054 Mandas, Sardinia. Red wine and the carasau bread at the Osteria 'La Forchetta'.

055 On the 'Trenino Verde' to Sorgono. The train conductor.

056 On the 'Trenino Verde' to Sorgono. The narrow gauge railway line.

057 On the 'Trenino Verde' to Sorgono. The San Sebastiano island on the Is Barrocus dam.

058 On the 'Trenino Verde' to Sorgono. The railway line past Desulo-Tonara station.

059 On the 'Trenino Verde' to Sorgono. Massimiliano with the tradional costume of Tonara. 

060 On the 'Trenino Verde' to Sorgono. The Su Sammuccu viaduct, the highest railway bridge of Sardinia (622m above sea level).

061 Sorgono, Sardinia. The railway station.

062 Sorgono, Sardinia. Houses in an old court.

063 Sorgono, Sardinia. Iuri and Enrico owners of 'Il Risveglio', where Lawrence and Frieda stayed in 1921.

064 Sorgono, Sardinia. Iuri and Enrico with their special collection of wines '1921' and 'Carbone' inspired by Lawrence.

065 Sorgono, Sardinia. Francesca is the owner of 'Il raccolto di Merea' cereal farm.

066 Sorgono, Sardinia. Le bambine

067 Tonara, Sardinia. View of the town surrounded by the mountains.

068 Tonara, Sardinia. Cristina is the vice-mayor of Tonara as well as a passionate photographer.

069 Tonara, Sardinia. The graffiti dedicated to the local poet Peppino Mereu.

070 Gavoi, Sardinia. View of the town from 'Da Speranza' Agriturismo.

071 Gavoi, Sardinia. View of the Lake Gusana from a central viewpoint.

072 Gavoi, Sardinia. Speranza and her daughter Giuseppina are the owner of 'Antichi Sapori da Speranza' contry-house.

073 Gavoi, Sardinia. Free-range eggs hatched by Speranza's hens.

074 Gavoi, Sardinia. Speranza at work in her kitchen

075 Nuoro, Sardinia. View of the city from the San Francesco Hospital.

076 Nuoro, Sardinia. The Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi.

077 Nuoro, Sardinia. A passeggio / Walking.

078 Nuoro, Sardinia. Piazza Sebastiano Satta.

079 Nuoro, Sardinia. The 'Redentore' statue on the peak of the Ortobene Mount.

080 Nuoro, Sardinia. The 'Redentore' statue / detail.

081 Nuoro, Sardinia. A modern space with the Spazio Ilisso Gallery in the background.

082 Nuoro, Sardinia. View of the town Oliena and the Supramonte from the Ortobene Mount.

083 Nuoro, Sardinia. Street market stall selling fresh produce.

084 Orosei, Sardinia. The national park of the gulf of Orosei and Gennargentu.

085 Orosei, Sardinia. The San Giacomo church 'There is a great, false baroque façade to a church...'

086 Orosei, Sardinia. Marble caves.

087 Orosei, Sardinia. The marina with crab hunters.

088 Orosei, Sardinia. Fishing nets.

089 Orosei, Sardinia. On the boat with the Contu bros. fishermen from The Cooperativa Pescatori di Orosei.

090 Orosei, Sardinia. Antonio and his living octopus.

091 Orosei, Sardinia. Tzia Turina, mother of Antonio and other ten brothers RIP.

092 Orosei, Sardinia. The Coro Femminile Urisè. 

093 Orosei, Sardinia. Alessandra, great-granddaughter of Tzia Turina.

094 Orosei, Sardinia. The Cendrino river 'Oh wonderful Orosei with your almonds and your reedy river'.

095 Siniscola, Sardinia. The friendly people of Siniscola.

096 Siniscola, Sardinia. A poem painted on a house wall.

097 Olbia, Sardinia. The harbour with Tavolara island in the background.

098 Cagliari, Sardinia. Waiting at the port. 

099 Palermo, Sicily. Puppeteers at the International Puppet Museum 'Antonio Pasqualino'.

100 Return to Sea and Sardinia.