With its 4,500 inhabitants, Orgosolo is a small town that could not be more Sardinian, with a reputation for pride and toughness that extends far beyond the borders of Barbagia. It is known throughout Italy for having been the Sardinian melting pot of banditry, as evidenced by Vittorio De Sica's film, Bandits in Orgosolo. Synonymous with the Sardinian struggle for social progress and autonomy, a bastion of a large number of shepherd families, Orgosolo is the homeland of proud inhabitants who, until a few years ago, did not necessarily welcome foreigners with open arms. But it is mainly for the numerous wall frescos that one comes to lose oneself here. The figurative paintings represent the political struggles and the independence aspirations of its inhabitants in a typical mountain village setting. The city lets glimpse the deep Sardinia. Don't be surprised if you suddenly don't understand what the inhabitants are saying, because most of them speak in Sardinian and this is true for the youngest. At the end of the day, after mass, we meet women dressed in black from head to toe, like nuns with their rosary in their hands.Proud to the point of disdain, the men of Orgosolo look at the visitor with a suspicious, even threatening eye. But in recent decades, with the improvement of living conditions, this village is no longer dangerous or inaccessible.

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Orgosolo et ses fresques murales. Agathe ANDRIEU
Orgosolo et ses fresques murales. Agathe ANDRIEU
<i>Bandits à Orgosolo </i>a été tourné dans les alentours d'Orgosolo. Alessio Orru - Shutterstock.com
Peinture murale à Orgosolo. steve estvanik - Shutterstock.com
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