I Giganti

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Derrick Lin

Global

Agency: Bluestepstudio
Project Type: Produced, Commercial Work
Client: Contini Winery
Location: Sardinia, Italy
Additional Credits: Ph. Ales&Ales

Some of the most mysterious statues from antiquity went finally on permanent display 40 years after they were discovered by a ploughman on the Italian island of Sardinia.

The Giants of Monte Prama include statues of archers, wrestlers and boxers carved in sandstone probably between the ninth and eight centuries BC, before Rome was even founded. They belong to the Nuragic civilisation, which flourished on Sardinia for two millennia until the second century AD.

The figures, standing over 2 metres (6.5ft) high, are distinguished by their unearthly eyes, which consist of two perfectly concentric circles. They – or rather, their component parts – were found in 1974 near the town of Cabras, on the west coast of the island.

The Contini Winery, founded in 1898, dedicated to this event a wine named “I Giganti”, obtained from the vinification of ancient vines (Nieddera and Vernaccia) that with passion and perseverance have recovered, promoting the name of his wonderful Island in the world.

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