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The tourist influx into Sardinia is relatively recent. As a result, you will find many parts of this region relatively untouched compared to the rest of Italy. Locals speak Italian, but the local dialect of ‘Sardo’ is also widely used. Sardo carries influences from Latin, Arabic, Spanish and Catalan. Sardinians are friendly, food-loving and family oriented. Families gather for an enormous Sunday feast and local festivals occur annually.

After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Roman art tradition continued to exist even beyond the Byzantine Empire. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1520), Michelangelo (1475-1564), Raphael (1483-1520) and Titian (1488/90-1576) marked the heyday of the Italian Renaissance and left many beautiful works that made the hearts of all aficionados of Italian art beat faster.

Coming to Italian food, wine is also a big part of Italian culture and the country is home to some of the world’s most famous vineyards. The oldest traces of Italian wine were discovered in a cave near Sicily’s southwest coast. Pasta dishes with tomatoes are trendy, as are many kinds of stuffed pasta, polenta and risotto. Southern Italian cuisine also includes capers, peppers, olive oil, garlic, eggplant and ricotta cheese.

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