The notched ashlar, found in several giants' tombs, presumably contained a triad of small bethyls, the significance of which is the subject of different hypotheses. In his book 'L'Alba dei Nuraghi', the archaeologist Giovanni Ugas wrote in...
“Monte ‘e Mesu’ in Thiesi
A mountain located in the middle of two valleys called 'Sas baddes'. A mountain that preserves the remains of a mysterious monument, witness to ancient mysteries, instrument of archaic rites unknown to us. The feeling of being in a sa...
Lunamatrona and its monuments
The Lunamatrona territory has much to tell. In particular, its immediate periphery presents important archaeological evidence, dating back to the Bronze Age, with finds dating back even to the earlier culture of Monte Claro https://www.nurn...
Between Teulada and Domus de Maria
In the pages of the Unione Sarda of 24 April, a small article appeared in which it called for the acquisition and renovation of a number of buildings dating back to the last war, located at the Nuraxi 'e Mesu (Teulada) pass, to be used as a...
The Pradu su Chiai tomb of giants at Villagrande Strisaili
Blocks of granite that guard an ancient history. A story told on the border between Ogliastra and Barbagia. Right there, where Sardinia shows itself in one of its purest and wildest forms, there is a precious testimony of civilisation....
The nuraghe Sa Domu ‘e s’Orcu at Sarroch
"The nuraghe Sa Domu 'e Sorcu (Sarroch), rises on a slight hill a short distance from the sea, in the western part of the Gulf of Cagliari, less than one km east of the town of Sarroch, in visual connection with the nuraghi of Santa Vittori...
Su Nuraxi ‘e Pauli or Nuraghe Mannu in Seulo
Among the waterfalls and forests of the Barbagia di Seulo, on the border with southern Sardinia, stands a tower that once protected the settlements inhabited by the Nuragic people. It has always been shrouded in an aura of legend, while...
The archaeological complex of Loelle in Buddusò
An original prehistoric monument set in the typical landscape of Monte Acuto and Gallura in north-eastern Sardinia, amid granite, woods and Mediterranean scrub. It appears suddenly along the road connecting Buddusò, the centre of Monte...
At Illorai, the nuraghe in the forest
"The downy oak (Quercus pubescens) is the most widespread species of oak in Italy, so much so that in many localities it is simply called oak...The largest one, however, seems to be in Sardinia in Illorai (in the locality of Sa Melabrina):...