The Luigi Piloni Collection

The hall of palazzo Belgrano, houses the Sardinian Handicraft Collection which was donated to the University by Luigi Piloni in 1981.

It contains pictures, prints, lithographs, etchings, maps, silverware and carpets, which were all made between the XVI and XX centuries. They all have in common some reference to Sardinian culture.

Room 1: effigies of famous Sardinians.
Room 2: paintings, including works by Michele Cavaro (S. Chiara) and Antioco Mainas (Sepoltura di Cristo), both from the 16th century.
Room 3: painting in tempera by Philippine Della Marmora.
Room 4: works by the most important Sardinian painters of the 20th century (A. Ballero, C. Contini, G. Biasi, B. Palazzi, M. Sironi, A. Cao, F. Figari, F. Melis Marini, M. Delitala, C. Floris, P. A. Manca, G. Ciusa Romagna, A. Sassu, M. Manca), also Sciuti and Locatelli (not Sardinian).
Room 5: Traditional Sardinian silver including rosaries from XVIII-XIX centuries, necklaces, pendants, amulets and buttons.
Room 6: A precious collection of 14O maps from the XVI to XIX centuries; 32 coberibancus; a "tapinu e mortu" from Orgosolo-Mamioda; bertulas, mantas campidanesi;
Room 7: 136 Sardinian goods.