Scoala Nr. 71 "Iovan Ducici"

Dear friend,
We will send you imagies just for 2 of our towns. We made more materials, but our informatician said that they can't be seen on the blog very well, so we will send you by post next week.
The first town is Bucharest, the capital of our country. Bucharest is the biggest town of Romania and it had many theatres, opera, parks, museums. We think that Bucharest is is the most beautiful town because we live in it.

The second town that we describe is Sinaia, a very picturesque town.

Here is a map of Sinaia that will help you if you will visite the town some times.


We can see in this pictures a few of the most important objective touristic of Sinaia.

In Sinaia is a beautiful monastery.

In the next picture you can see the Peleş Castle. A hundred years ago, this castle was lived by the kings of Romania. Now, the Peleş Castle is one of the most visited museums of our country.

We hope that you like Bucharest and Sinaia.

Some services in San Gavino Monreale - Classe II D

Hello !!!!!.
San Gavino is a fantastic place.

Do you like this flower?

Salut!!!!!. San Gavino est un endroit fantastique. Aimez-vous cette fleur?

We are the students of II D and

we want to illustrate some services of our little town to the students of

Bucharest (Scoala Nr. 71 “Iovan Ducici”) and

Granollers (Escola Municipal del Treball).

San Gavino is situated in the middle of the Campidano law land, equidistant from both Cagliari and Oristano. In the village there are a lot of Chuches: Santa Chiara, Santa Teresa, Santa Lucia and Santa Croce.

Nous sommes les étudiants de deuxième D et nous voulons illustrer certains services de notre petite ville pour les étudiants de Bucarest (Scoala n ° 71. "Iovan Ducici") et Granollers (Escola Municipal du Travail). San Gavino est située au milieu de la terre Campidano, à égale distance de Oristano et Cagliari. Dans le village il ya beaucoup d'églises: Santa Chiara, Santa Teresa, Santa Lucia et Santa Croce.

Santa Chiara church and Marconi's square

Église Santa Chiara et la place Marconi

The entrance of the Church

L'entrée de l'Eglise

The bell tower of Santa Teresa church

Le clocher de l'église Santa Teresa

Santa Lucia - The Convent

San Gavino Church

The post office
Le bureau de poste

The parc
Le parc

The parc

The hospital "Nostra Signora di Bonaria"

L'hôpital «Nostra Signora di Bonaria"

The entrnce of the Hospital
L'entrée de l'hôpital

The Town Hall is situated in Marconi's square.
La Mairie est située dans la Place Marconi.

Monreale Castle
Château de Monreale

Monreale Castle

The entrance of the ethnographic museum "Dona Maxima"
L'entrée du musée ethnographique «Dona Maxima»

The “Cenacolo”

The new railway station

La nouvelle gare

The rail waystation and the car parking
La gare et le parking

The police station “I Carabinieri”
La station de police "I Carabinieri»

The football pitch of "Nuova Monreale"

Le terrain de football de la "Nuova Monreale"

The football pitch and near the goal line

War memorial

The foundery

La fonderie

The foundery ( a drawing of the foundery in the past)
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SAFFRON - San Gavino is the land of saffron
SAFRAN - San Gavino est le pays du safran

Some ideas about San Gavino Monreale

Hi!
We are the students of 2^c,
and we are at the middle school in San Gavino Monreale.
We want to write some ideas about the place where we live.

1) The name of San Gavino comes from the castle of Monreale.
It's on the hill in the north of my village.

Il castello fu edificato nel XII\XIII secolo. Fu chiamato Monreale dal nome del castello che sorge sopra. Venne probabilmente costruito da Giovanni Capula che in quel periodo stava erigendo le Torri di San Pancrazio, dell'Elefante e dell'Aquila a Cagliari.
Veniva usato come abitazione per i giudici d'Arborea. Dopo una lunga guerra fu usato come deposito di viveri, armi e come rifugio per i soldati. Tutto questo quando fu fortificato il complesso.

The castle was built in XII \ XIII century. The name Monreale was the name of the castle that rises above. It was probably built by John Capula that at that time was erecting the towers of San Pancrazio, dell'Elefante and dell'Aquila in Cagliari. It was used as housing for judges of Arborea. After a long war it was used as storage of food, weapons and as a refuge for the soldiers.

There are two ideas about the origin of the name Monreale. Firstly it was called Monreale by the Spanish “Aragonesi”; while others, according to an ancient document, that in 1309 the castrum of the mountain on which stands the castle, it was qualified as royal. In Italian language “reale”. “il mon real” or royal mountain, often the residence of the “giudici d’Arborea” (historic administration of the region of Sardinia).

Now, the hill and the ruins of the castle are in the territory of the nearest village of Sardara.

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San Gavino Church

2) Then San Gavino is an important and old church, built during the XIV century by 'Mariano IV of Arborea'.
The San Gavino Martyr Church was erected in the XIV century by Pisan labourers. The apse preserves four historic figures of the Arborea family. Mariano IV with his daughter Benedetta, Ugone III, Eleonora of Arborea and her husband Brancaleone Doria are sculpted in its corbels. On the apse’s pilaster there is another image: Eleonora and her two sons Federico e Mariano.

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Santa Lucia Church

An important Church is Santa Lucia Church. Some words in an inscribed tablet say that the church existed in 1202. After three centuries it was built a rectangular nave and four aisles, the “sacrestia” and the chorus. The last important architectonical intervention dates back to the XX century.

Santa Lucia church Before the last restoration

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Santa Lucia's Convent

The monastery was built by the “Francescani” in 1580, and it was consecrated in 1582. In the convent there is the kitchen, the dinning-hall and the cells.
A square cloister gives to the all building a sense of nobility.


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Santa Chiara church by night


It was built around the XV century and it is in centre of the village. Now it is a Parish. It is a very beautiful church!!!
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Santa Teresa church

It is a modern church, it isn't an old church.

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Santa Croce church

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The foundery

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Saffron

The crocus sativus lannaeus: this is the flowers of saffron – “zafferano” in Italian language. “the red gold”, it is cultivated from ancient time in Sardinia and in particular in San Gavino Monreale.

About the end October and the first 10 days of November people pick up the flowers of saffron for only 15 days.

This article has written by Alessandra, Giulia, Richard, Angela, Sara, Elena, Federica, Chiara, Federico, Daniele, Nicola, Patrizia, Roberta, Silvia, Lorenzo, Valeria, Marta, Daniela, Gabriele.

Thanks a lot and we hope you know more ideas about San Gavino Monreale.

Postcards and letters from Granollers

Other postcards from Granollers to Sardinia!

This time in French language.....

Je m’appelle Génesis, j’habite à Granollers. J’ai quatorze ans.
Je parle Castellano, Catalan et Anglais.. Je suis grande et brune. J’ai les cheveux longs. J’aime les « Jonas Brothers ».
Amitiés!

Je m’appelle Marta. J’habite à Granollers. J’ai quatorze ans. Je parle Catalan et Castellano. Je suis petite et mince. Je suis timide et gaie. J’ai les cheveux longs. Je suis brune. J’ai les yeux marron. J’aime faire des photos, écouter de la musique et sortir avec les amis.
Marta

Cher ami,
Je m’appelle Josep. Je suis étudiante. J’habite à Granollers. J’ai quatorze ans.
Je suis Catalan. Je suis intelligent, content, sympathique et grand.
J’aime regarder le football, écouter de la musique et jouer avec l’ordinateur.
A toute à l’heure. Moi, j’espère que tu me réponde.
Josep.

Cher(e) ami(e)
Je m’appelle Xénia. J’ai quatorze ans et j’habite à Granollers. Je suis grande et mince. Je suis châtaigne et j’ai les yeux verts. Je suis gaie, contente, intelligente, sympathique et amusante.Amitiés

Je m’appelle Nùria, j’habite à Granollers. J’ai quatorze ans.
Je suis étudiante. Je parle Anglais, Espagnol, Catalan. J’ai les yeux marron.
J’aime Les « New York », « Jonas Brothers »
Amitiés!

Cher(e) ami(e)
Je m’appelle Fatima. J’ai quatorze ans. J’habite à Granollers.
Je sus grande et mince, je suis brune et j’ai les cheveux courts et les yeux noirs.
Je suis sympathique, amusante, gaie et timide. J’aime jouer au volley-ball, regarder la télé danser, sortit avec les amis et écouter de la musique.
Amitiés!

Cher ami,
Je m’appelle Esther et j’habite à Granollers. J’ai quatorze ans.
Je sus grande et mince, je suis brune et les yeux marron.
Je suis sympathique, amusante et gaie. J’aime jouer au basquet, sortir avec les amis et bavarder.
Amitiés!

Cher(e) ami(e)
Je m’appelle Erik, j’habite à Granollers. J’ai quatorze ans.
Je suis châtain, je suis grand. J’ai les cheveux courts et les yeux verts.
Je suis content et amusant.
Amitiés!

Je m’appelle Elena. Je suis étudiante. J’habite à Granollers. J’ai quatorze ans. Je suis timide et contente. J’ai les yeux verts.
Elena