My Sardinia

Take an interesting look at what scholars and travelers have discovered during their visit in Sardinia during the early part of the 20th century. This photo was one of many archival photos with caption featured in an article entitled “Little Known Sardinia” in The National Geographic Magazine written by Helen Dunstan Wright, August 1916 Volume XXX Number Two.

Not only in their features, but in their language, do the natives retain traces of the many races which have occupied the island through centuries - Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Saracens, Italians, and Spaniards. many dialects are spoken, but Italian is now taught in the schools, and the men acquire the official language during their period of compulsory military service.