Olbia to Orgosolo: Private day trip

The Orgosolo Murals are a 20th century outlet for an anti-authoritarian streak running back thousands of years. The Romans had trouble conquering them, and even as recently as 1969 the shepherds rebelled against the Italian army when they tried to build a base on their shared lands. During this period of social strife, an anarchist theatre company calling themselves Dioniso created the first of Orgosolo’s murals. After that, communist teacher Francesco Del Casino and his art students began painting more murals to remember the Resistance and Liberation of Italy from Fascism, share their political beliefs and criticize social injustices. And not just local ones - the huge, cubist graphics address everything from Vietnam to Gaza. But not all of Orgosolo’s murals are socially charged - some simply pay homage to daily rural life. To aid in your mural hunting, you can buy an English-language guide from one of the handful of souvenir shops.