The walls

Ireland, Sardinia and Palestine. What common elements I found in these territories? City’s wall paintings. Most of the pictures represent political, economical and social messages.

Wall paintings in North Ireland are among the most famous political paintings in the world. Beginning with 1970, there are 2000 murals counted. Pictures below were made in Derry / Londonderry city. The city is known as the place where Bloody Sunday took place in 1972, when 14 citizen were shoot dead by British army.

Because of multiple murders, Orgosolo town from Sardinia (Italy) was known as bandit city till the 50’s. Now, it is famous for its murals. There over 150 paintings and majority of them are vision of the different artists on political issues.

In Palestine, the murals brings to discussions of course political messages.

The wall is long, so the artists have a lot of space for creativity.