"I feel a bit at home here." Then, pointing to the paintings hanging on the walls of Palazzo Bacaredda which portray his ancestors, he reiterates: "Well, I'm a bit at home here."

Emanuele Filiberto is in the Municipality, in Cagliari, to attend the feast of Sant'Efisio. The administration has reserved a place of honor for the representative of the House of Savoy. His dynasty of (former) rulers «has always been linked to these Sardinian celebrations and I had heard about this festival since I was a child», he says.

«My grandfather was the first to tell me about it», adds Emanuele Filiberto, «last year in July I promised that I would return for this occasion. And here I am."

(Video by Veronica Fadda)

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