A WEEK OF EVENTS ON THE NURAGIC CIVILISATION: CONCRETE RESULTS AND NEW PROJECTS.
CAGLIARI, SA MANIFATTURA, TUESDAY 25 TO FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2025
TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER
h. 10,00
Opening of the exhibition Sardegna Nuragica Piero Comandini, President of the Regional Council
Exhibition Sardegna Nuragica: Pilot Projects for the Usability of Sites on the Unesco Tentative List and Digital Territorial Network
Exhibition Projects and activities of the Association Sardinia towards Unesco: the most important and significant projects.
h. 16,30
Guided tours
h. 18,00
Talk by Riccardo Cicilloni. “A thousand-year journey: the Cuccurada nuraghe in Mogoro”.
WEDNESDAY 26 NOVEMBER
h. 9-13
Meetings with schools: The Nuraghes/ImpariS competition
h. 16,30
Presentation of the NuragicReturn Project – Towards an Atlas of Nuragic Sardinia, by La Sardegna verso l’Unesco.
Participants:
Matteo Muntoni, Department of Environmental Protection
Battista Grosso, Project Manager Return PNRR-UNICA
Antonella Giglio, Department of Education, Cultural Heritage, Information, Entertainment and Sport
Antonio Sanna, Department of Local Authorities. Finance and Urban Planning
Anna Depalmas, President of the Scientific Committee of La Sardegna verso l’Unescol
Gianfranca Salis, ABAP Superintendency of Cagliari and Oristano
THURSDAY 27 NOVEMBER
3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
The strategic project for the enhancement of the Nuragic civilisation.
h. 9.00
Registration of participants.
h. 9.30
Conference presentation.
Pierpaolo Vargiu, President of the Association Sardinia towards Unesco.
Opening speech.
Alessandra Todde, President of the Regional Council.
Institutional greetings.
Giacomo Spissu, President of the Fondazione di Sardegna.
Elena Boldetti, ABAP Superintendent of Cagliari and Oristano.
Monica Stochino, ABAP Superintendent of Sassari and Nuoro.
Francesco Mola, Magnifico Rettore of the University of Cagliari.
Gavino Mariotti, Chancellor of the University of Sassari.
h. 10.50
Introductory speech
Anna Depalmas, President of the Scientific Committee of the Association Sardinia towards UNESCO,
“The Worldwide Uniqueness of the Archaeological Landscape of Sardinian Protohistory”.
h. 11.10
Nuragic Sardinia: frame of reference
by the Regional Planning Centre,
Gianluca Cadeddu, Marco Naseddu.
h. 11.30
Session I Introduction: Sardinia towards Unesco.
Infrastructural projects for the accessibility, fruition and valorisation of nuragic sites included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List.
Methodologies and results by DICAAR – University of Cagliari and DADU – University of Sassari.
Marco Cadinu, “The Historical Landscape and the Contemporary Landscape for Nuragic Heritage Sites”.
Carlo Atzeni, “Gates of Time”.
Pier Francesco Cherchi, “Architectural configurations for the fruition of nuragic landscapes”.
Emilio Turco, Enrico Cicalò, “Accessibility and fruition of nuragic sites: digitisation, security and management of visits”.
Lino Cabras, “Towards an integrated reading of the Nuragic Heritage: methodology, principles, design practices”.
h. 13.30
Light lunch.
h. 15.00
Introductory speech.
Ilaria Portas, Councillor for Public Education, Cultural Heritage, Information, Entertainment and Sport.
h. 15.30
II Session. Introduction: Sardinia towards Unesco.
The Network of 32 sites, the governance model and technological devices. Method and results,
by CRENOS – University of Cagliari and Sassari, G-LAB – University of Cagliari and CRS4 – Region of Sardinia.
Raffaele Paci, Andrea Zara, “Nuragic Sardinia and local economic development”.
Ivan Blečić, Massimo Deriu, “Sardegna Nuragica – Technology at the Service of the Web”.
h. 17.00
Discussant: Xavier Casanovas, Coordinator of the Heritage Committee, ICOMOS-Spain.
h. 17.30
Round table: A project that unites.
Moderator: Sardinia towards Unesco.
Speakers:
Daniela Falconi, President of ANCI.
Emanuele Lilliu, President of the Barumini Sistema della Cultura Foundation.
Ignazio Locci, President of CAL.
Anthony Muroni, President of the Mont’e Prama Foundation.
h. 18.30
Closing speech.
Giuseppe Meloni, Councillor for Planning, Budget, Credit and Regional Planning.