Figure 1.--We see a scene at a summer camp on Mount Ortobene in Sardinia during the 1920s. The summer camp was organized for the poorer children of the town of Nuoro. We can see that the children are climbing wearing their everyday clothing and in bare feet. It could be that these children didn't own footwear and went barefoot all year round. That happened in some places on Sardinia until the 1960s, especially along the coast. Nuoro is, however, located an altitude of 600 meters above sea level and it usually snows every winter. These children probably owned boots or wooden shoes that they wore during the winter, spending the whole summer barefoot both to save the footwear and for comfort.

We see a scene at a summer camp on Mount Ortobene in Sardinia during the 1920s. The summer camp was organized for the poorer children of the town of Nuoro. We can see that the children are climbing wearing their everyday clothing and in bare feet. It could be that these children didn't own footwear and went barefoot all year round. That happened in some places on Sardinia until the 1960s, especially along the coast. Nuoro is, however, located an altitude of 600 meters above sea level and it usually snows every winter. These children probably owned boots or wooden shoes that they wore during the winter, spending the whole summer barefoot both to save the footwear and for comfort.

Created: 12:09 AM 10/16/2010
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