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- ↑ araldicasardegna.org, Genealogy of the Manca family. Retrieved 2011-12-5.
- ↑ She has the titles of Noblewoman (by birth), Noble of the Marquesses of Nissa (by birth) and Noble of the Marquesses of Villahermosa e Santa Croce (by birth) and she is styled Donna Bernadette: http://www.araldicasardegna.org/indice.htm, by entering and clicking on Statuto e Elenco Nobiliare Sardo, then on Elenco nobiliare sardo aggiornato, then on the second Manca family. Retrieved 2011-12-5.
- 1 2 Associazione Musicale Scaligera, Bernadette Manca di Nissa Archived June 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- ↑ Fondazione Archivio Luigi Nono, Quando stanno morendo; Guai ai gelidi mostri; Prometeo, Tragedia dell'ascolto Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
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