“The most evident expressions of religiosity in the Nuragic age manifest within numerous cult complexes and in the significant monumental structures largely connected to rituals that involved the use of water. Sacred springs, well temples, rectangular or circular buildings may arise in isolation but, more frequently, they appear associated in such a way as to compose articulated spaces of considerable complexity. Around the temples, in addition to the development of more or less extensive clusters of huts, probably largely used only during festivals and religious ceremonies, the presence of buildings of various natures is observed, which contribute to composing, with also original solutions, the topography of the sanctuary. The monumentality of the structures, the richness of the stone decorations, and the presence of exclusive furnishings for the temples provide clues for the reconstruction of some peculiar characteristics of the ceremonies orchestrated within the sacred spaces.” (“abstract” of the article by Dr. Anna Depalmas concerning “the sacred landscape in the Nuragic Sardinia – Celebratory architectures and ceremonial spaces in places of worship and sanctuaries”). The photos of the federal sanctuary of Santa Vittoria di Serri are by Bibi Pinna. Those of the nuragic complex of Serra Orrios in Dorgali are by Andrea Mura-Nuragando Sardegna and Francesca Cossu. The photos of the cult complex of Romanzesu in Bitti are by Nicola Barbicha Tornello, Beatrice Auguadro, and Alberto Valdès.
