Italy mourns the loss of its Robinson Crusoe. The hermit Mauro Morandi has died at the age of 85. He lived on a paradise island off the coast of Sardinia for decades before being deported in 2021.
In 1989, Morandi, three friends and his partner got stuck on the small island of Budelli on their way to the Pacific Ocean. “I wanted to escape this society that I don’t like and live on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean. “Here I found my Polynesia,” the Italian reflected.
The former sports teacher and his friends initially worked as island rangers. However, two of the friends and the partner soon moved on, leaving only the third friend (until his death in 1993) and Morandi. In 2014, the island finally became part of the La Maddalena National Park.
Here you can see a message about the death of Mauro Morandi.
The park director ordered the then 82-year-old to leave the island, because no one was allowed to live in the nature reserve. According to him, Morandi ‘occupied’ a building that had to be demolished. The hermit stubbornly resisted, but had to capitulate in 2021 and returned to his hometown of Modena.
Island known for pink sand
The island in the Mediterranean Sea is one square kilometer in size and has often made headlines. Tourists have stolen pink sand in recent years. Budelli was subsequently closed to swimmers. The sand gets its characteristic color from small shell particles.
Source: Krone
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