Su Nuraxi is an archaeological site on which lie the remains of a prehistoric defensive complex of buildings located west of Barumini in the Province of Medio Campidano in Sardinia.

Perched at an altitude of 238 meters, it is a monumental sites megalithic best preserved that one can find in Europe.

Widely considered the best-known symbol of Sardinia, this type of construction Cyclopean called Nuraghe is characterized by the erection of truncated conical tower consisting of megaliths.

It also reveals the early beginnings of urban development and the inventiveness and know-how of a prehistoric Mediterranean island community.

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Description

This is a city Nuraghic that develops around a large fortress between the ^thirteenth and ^sixth centuries BC. AD structure known Nuraxi consists of a three-storey tower with a height of 18.60 m with corbelled vaulted rooms, built around -1100 -1050 , and a complex quatrefoil with towers, courses and the thick wall that surrounds the square (300 years later). In the second half of the ^seventh century BC. AD , the extensive defensive strongholds that relay towers were later strengthened. Outside the walls lay a village consisting of about fifty huts, built on a circular plan using large dry stone walls, usually covered with roofs of branches. During the following centuries, the site suffered destruction at the time Carthaginian to be rebuilt differently before the conquest of the island by the Romans, before being abandoned in ^the second century BC. AD.

The archaeological site was fully excavated - between 1949 and 1956 - under the direction of archaeologist Giovanni Lilliu. The excavations have allowed us to reconstruct the various phases of its construction as well as the adjoining village, confirming the continuity of life of the entire complex to the ^first century BC. AD , in Roman times.

The site is inscribed on the List of World Heritage of Humanity established by UNESCO in 1996.

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  Site of the old fortress.
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  Su Nuraxi landscape.
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  Remains of Su Nuraxi.
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  Inside a tower.

Sources

• Unesco document.
• (It) This article is partially or entirely from the article in Italian entitled " Su Nuraxi "(see the list of authors )

See also

Internal Links

• Nuraghe
• Culture prnuragique
• History of Sardinia

External Links

• Photo gallery.