In Macomer, Filomena Scarpa's 100th birthday, a local cultural institution, is celebrated.

She's an institution in the local cultural world. Filomena Scarpa, originally from Bologna, turned 100 today. She graduated in 1951 with a degree in classical literature from Rome, specializing in Geneva.

For years she was a teacher and principal for generations of children from Macomer and the entire area, and a cultural representative of the town.

Widow of Cesare Rossi and mother of two sons, one an EU official in Brussels and the other a respected lawyer in Cagliari, Filomena Scarpa is a woman respected by everyone in Macomer and well-known in her hometown of Bolotana.

This morning he received a visit from the mayor of Macomer, Riccardo Uda, and from Bolotana he was awarded a copy of the "Veneretta di Macomer", the symbol of the main town of the Marghine region, and a certificate of merit from the mayor of Bolotana.

The elderly woman has received visits from many people of her culture, relatives, and friends. She is a woman who preserves her culture and her way of speaking, especially Sardinian, intact.