“You will be able to enjoy Art, Culture and Tradition in the setting of our territory made up of Mountains that plunge into the sea”
TERTENÌA CITY OF ARTISTS 2023 - III edition
The artistic kermesse Tertenìa Città degli Artisti returns to the streets of the center of Ogliastra, after four years, the event will take place on 3 and 4 June and will see artists from all over Sardinia and beyond compete in the impromptu painting competition. The winner will receive the “Albino Manca” Award, named after the Terteniese artist who distinguished himself in his homeland in his first period and then established himself in the States.
The appointments foreseen in these two days are different from art to culture, from traditions to entertainment, all framed in the Terteniese territory made up of mountains that plunge into the sea.
The event is included in the programming of the "Spring in the heart of Sardinia" circuit and at the same time as the appointment "Monumenti Aperti 2023".
The visitor experiencing our territory and our community will enjoy a 360-degree sensory experience.
ART:
"ALBINO MANCA" PRIZE Extemporaneous painting competition along the streets of the town
TERTENIA IN ARTE Personal exhibitions curated by artists from Tertenia
CRAFTS FAIR Craft production stands from all over Sardinia
ARTISTIC WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN Creation of small works of art, exhibition and final prize-giving
CULTURE:
ALBINO MANCA AWARD: Guided tour of monuments and sites of interest
THE DIVING EAGLE Work by Albino Manca younger sister of the New York eagle
ALBINO MUSEUM MANCA Municipal collection of over 300 works by the artist
MUNICIPAL ART GALLERY Collection of works by Sardinian artists from the 1900s (Foiso Fois, Mario Delitala, Antonio Corriga and many others)
BV ASSUNTA CHURCH AND PARISH HALL (Works of the Artist Priest Don Egidio Manca)
DEMURTAS HOUSE MUSEUM Works by the sculptor/painter Marco Paolo Demurtas
COSTUME MUSEUM Exhibition of original Tertenian costumes
TOWER SAN GIOVANNI DI SARRALA Coastal fortress of the 18th century recently restored
NURAGHE ANASTASI: coastal polylobed nuraghe
TEDICTION:
Folk Group and Mini Folk “Santa Sofia” Tertenia
Launeddas Tertenia Group
Is Maiomones and Is Ingestus – Traditional Tertenia mask
ENTERTAINMENT
Concert Maria Luisa Congiu
Traveling animation “Comare Vardella & Co.” . Ridiculous barbarians
Traveling animation “The Bubble's men – Barbariciridicoli
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INFO ON THE MUNICIPALITY OF TERTENIA
The first traces of human settlements in the territory of Tertenia date back to the Neolithic period,
as evidenced by 77 nuraghes, 22 villages, 34 giants' tombs and a sacred well.
Tertenia is the southernmost town of Ogliastra and its territory offers a fascinating combination of
the sea and the mountain which, starting from the Tacchi, lies on the coast in the white beaches of Foxi Manna
and Foxi Murdegu. Tertenia can boast a great artistic predisposition on the part of its inhabitants.
Among its illustrious citizens there is one of the Sardinian artists who most distinguished themselves on a national level
and international in the last century: Albino Manca, whose most important work is represented by
“Diving Eagle”, an imposing bronze sculpture, located in Battery Park on the island of Manhattan
in New York. The work was inaugurated by US President JF Kennedy in 1963. Numerous others
his works are exhibited in the Civic Museum of Tertenia dedicated to him.
Another prominent artistic figure of the Tertenian artistic panorama is that of Don Egidio Manca,
cousin of Albino and priest in Tertenia in the 1950s. His works can be admired inside
of the church of Tertenia and in the Parish Museum dedicated to him. Among other artists are also remembered
Armando Demurtas, Ottavio Manca, Tommaso Loi and Gianni Manca. Inside the Municipal House
instead a permanent art gallery is set up which boasts over 40 works by artists such as Antonio Corriga,
Foiso Fois and Mario Delitala.
