Nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage List
Protection, valorisation and promotion of Sardinia’s protohistoric civilisation.
Who we are
The APS “Sardegna Terra di Nuraghi” was founded in September 2020, giving operational substance to the popular movement that sees in the monuments of the ancient nuragic civilisation the key to sustainable, lasting development for Sardinia. That same year we set up the Scientific Committee and submitted a request to the Italian National UNESCO Commission for inclusion on the Tentative List, projecting this civilisation towards its final goal: becoming a World Heritage Site for all of humanity.
Our goals
Giving the ancient civilisation a leading role in the media.
Making its monuments known throughout the world.
Preserving the treasures of our past and opening new doors.
Fostering the sustainable development of a land rich in potential.
The potential
The monuments of sacredness in protohistoric Sardinia hold a Mediterranean potential comparable only to Pharaonic Egypt. Some sites have been well valorised, but this extraordinary heritage has never been the subject of a systematic, unified approach.
Why nominate
On the ground
As an association we are committed to cultural projects, such as exhibitions in every municipality of Sardinia, and educational projects, such as lessons and junior master classes on nuragic civilisation in middle and secondary schools. We have organised numerous outreach and awareness initiatives aimed at spreading knowledge of the nuraghi and other monuments of ancient Sardinia beyond the island’s borders, while also raising awareness of their importance among our own fellow Sardinians.
Institutions
We work on both the communication and institutional fronts to give maximum visibility and strength to the initiative. We have engaged on the administrative, regional, national and European levels to secure every possible support for what we consider the most extraordinary development project for the island over the next three years.
Governance
Pierpaolo Vargiu
Edoardo Balzarini
Pierpaolo Vargiu, Antonello Sanna, Massimo Fantola
Pierpaolo Vargiu, Edoardo Balzarini, Sandra Tobia, Roberto Silvano, Emanuela Abis, Gianfranco Cocco
Sandra Tobia
Roberta Manca
Science and research
PRESIDENT — Full Professor of Prehistory and Protohistory, University of Sassari
Accademica dei Lincei, former Full Professor of Prehistory and Protohistory of the Near and Middle East, Sapienza University of Rome
Full Professor of Prehistory and Protohistory, University of Naples Federico II
Professor of Mediterranean Prehistory, Faculty of Art, University of Nottingham
Axa Professor of Household Finance, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF), Rome
Professor of Classical Studies, Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Duke University, Durham
Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology, Director of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University, Providence
Full Professor of Political Economy, former Director of CRENoS, University of Cagliari
President of the Italian Archaeological School of Carthage, former Full Professor of Roman History, University of Sassari
Associate Professor of Prehistory and Protohistory, University of Cagliari
Former Full Professor of Political Economy, former Director of CRENoS, University of Cagliari
Full Professor of History of Architecture, University of Cagliari
Full Professor of Drawing, Director of the GRA.VIS Laboratory, University of Sassari
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