In Sardinia, stone has always belonged
The dry-stone wall isn't a trend — it's how this island has drawn its landscape for thousands of years. A short history of an art that Giovanni carries on.
An art as old as the island
The nuraghi
Thousands of stone towers, built dry — without mortar — fitting block upon block. Dry-stone building has been in Sardinia's DNA since prehistory.
Granite and the stazzi
In Gallura granite surfaces everywhere. Shepherds and farmers turned it into walls, enclosures and stazzi: local stone, worked by hand, becomes boundary, shelter and home.
Juniper and wood
On the granite walls rested beams and roofs of wood: the juniper (ginepro) of Gallura, tough and durable, shaped roofs, pergolas and verandas. Stone and wood have always worked together.
The tancas
With the 1820 edict the land was enclosed: the network of dry-stone walls — the tancas — was born, still crossing the whole island today. The Sardinian landscape takes the shape we know.
UNESCO recognition
The art of dry-stone walling enters UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage, put forward by Italy together with seven other countries. A knowledge worth safeguarding.
“Tancas serradas a muru” — land closed by the wall
The line by poet Melchiorre Murenu, written after the 1820 edict, shows how deeply these walls belong to the Sardinian soul.
A heritage still being built
Giovanni builds the next chapter
Every wall he signs today is born of the same age-old technique, with the granite of Gallura. Choosing Giovanni means entrusting your project to someone who safeguards this art.
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