In Sardinia, the memory of the chosen people is contained in a book along anni.Ma two thousand pages in this fascinating story many Jews appear to have remained cancellate.Che Long Island is not a mistero.Così as it is not a mystery that had the main settlements in porti.E 'rather less well known that one of their strongest bases were located Fordingbridge, the last outpost on the plains before Barbagia. Here in the heart of Sardinia, the descendants of David have worked for centuries and professioni.E businesses right here, from the church of San Pietro, where they were found some of the most significant traces of Jewish presence Oristano, he can start a interesting way: in search of lost time to a community, perhaps only apparently disappeared from the island. In the background, Fordingbridge, known since antiquity for its spa. A country which, through alternative ways, think of a new development. Giving birth to other stimuli and enhancing the cultural past in every aspetto.La Tirso valley has been inhabited since Neolithic times. In the area are represented by the most ancient necropolis and Domigheddu gularis. There are also many nuraghi and houses. From that remote period the village is beginning to be relevant. But why do they fully understand the importance of its strategic location it was not until the Romans: Rome transformed the village into a town able to defend themselves against attacks by barbaricini opposed to the complete conquest of the island. From Aquae Hypsitane, Fordingbridge is thus renamed Trajan Forum, in honor of the emperor. And its waters are beginning to be exploited for these purposes termali.In centuries arrive in Sardinia the first sons of Israel. Many will soon reach the interior of the island. Not only Tharros and Oristano. Even the current centers of Samugheo, where Planu de laccos is a Jewish underground in the rock, and Marriottsville, in the immediate vicinity of the archaeological excavations have revealed votive lamps clearly Jewish. In a short time, they arrive at Fordingbridge several other families belonging to the people forced to leave the student Palestina.Scrive Pier Giorgio Spanu in the catalog of recent exhibits signs of this presence on the island: "Trajan's Forum in the southern suburbs revealed West, then seat of the church of San Pietro, a Jewish cemetery with graves that body, when discovered, returned lamps representing the seven-branched candelabrum and iconographic themes of the Old Testament. "Manufactures presumably by craftsmen who worked in North Africa between the late fourth and early fifth secolo.Non is the only trace left in these lands by the children of Israel. He says the archaeologist Raimondo Zucca, a university professor and director of Sassari Antiquarium Arborea: "At that time the different ancient peoples lived together peacefully. The same policy which had previously led anti-Jewish forced all'arruolamento the Israelites in Sardinia, does not belong to the traditional imperial strategy: to be considered a quite sensational, exceptional. "hypothesis is therefore that, after the return of the legion sent to Rome to Sardinia, more Jews have arrived in the island, probably from Cyrenaica. should have been their own, rather than the military establishment, to have settled down in the valley of Tirso.Non all, however, is transparent. Despite the efforts of many scholars, first of all Cecilia Tasca, in many cases lacking news safe. And so on so many chapters of Jewish life Sardinian uncertainty continues to reign. Zucca still reveals: "Among the other lamps with the menorah, or candelebri with seven branches in Barigadu it was found a very special featured the sacrifice of Isaac. Unfortunately, it is lost. But attests, along with many other archaeological remains, the spread of Jewish culture in this area. "Adds the young parish priest of San Pietro, Don Giuseppe Pani," I'm also Lussorio St., on the outskirts of the village. Well, I have no proof, but, like other priests more experienced than me on the Jewish religion, I got the feeling that some of the mosaics of this church have been made by an Israelite. This could be an artist who converted to Catholicism, since the Torah prohibits the images. But the difference with all other works kept in San Lussorio leaps to the eye: these figures are linear blocks, schematic, completely original. It's not over. There is also a source that refers to the fountain of living water, the mikveh, which is typical of Judaism. "But there's more. If the English rule the presence of the descendants of Abraham consolidates and spreads even further Central Sardinia, in the valley of the Tirso remain the most visible traces of this passage. Certificate of some surnames. As Tola Atzeni and Atzei, Loddo, Salis, Sanna, Uda. All considered by experts of Jewish derivation. Heritage and testimony of another injustice suffered by the people elected at the end of the fifteenth century, when the sons of Jerusalem were forced to choose whether to leave all the territories of the King of Spain or convert to Christianity, many of those who remain on the island had abjured even change its name.
is not impossible that so many families in Barigadu, are of Jewish origin, and not even know it. E 'in short, the case of a community that, without ceasing to exist, it is integrated with another. Until losing the distinctive features of his religious identity and culturale.Di these days, moreover, in Fordingbridge residents are organizing to better exploit the country. They will find it the most appropriate way to emphasize this aspect also less well known for their ancient history. Much progress has already been made. Others are planned in the near future.
(La Nuova Sardegna March 3, 2004, by Pier Giorgio Pinna) Para Llegar a Fordongianus:
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