Travelling along the flat part of the Torralba territory, already in the distance one notices the dark mass of this single-tower nuraghe built with basalt stones. Although partially buried and undeveloped, it still retains the charm of a m...
The Santa Barbara Nuraghe in Macomer
The building, one of the best known on the island, is of a complex type, consisting of a central tower and a four-lobed bastion with an open courtyard. It was defended by an antemurale, surveyed by General Della Marmora, which is currently...
The Corvos nuraghe of Florinas
In the north-west of Sardinia, not only Romanesque churches are 'two-coloured', in Florinas even a nuraghe boasts a double colour, as well as revealing constructive singularities. At first glance it looks like a single tower, in reality it...
The Torodda Nuraghe in Benetutti
Among the so-called 'minor nuraghi' is the Torodda nuraghe in Benetutti. It preserves the intact tholos covered by a large slab. It is a complex structure with a flatbanded entrance and partially collapsed stairwell. On the left is an acce...
Duos Nuraghes Complex in Borore
The Duos Nuraghes complex in Borore is located just inside the village. It is unusual because it consists of two towers ten metres apart, surrounded by huts. Cannonau grape seeds from 1200 BC have been discovered here. The towers were built...
The Tanca Manna nuraghe in Nuoro
A granite colossus, one of the oldest archaeological sites in Nuoro, embedded in the urban centre, dominating the main town in the heart of Sardinia. The pre-Nuragic civilisations and the Nuragic peoples have left no written testimonies, b...
The Torru nuraghe in Ittiri
The Torru nuraghe of Ittiri, towering on the summit of the mountain of the same name, is certainly not the best known and most representative of an area rich in prehistoric remains. Among them are numerous domus de janas dating back to the...
The settlement of Tharros at Cabras
"The city of Tharros, located at the southern end of the Sinis Peninsula (Cabras), was founded in the late 8th or 7th century BC by Phoenician peoples in an area already frequented in the Nuragic Age. On one of the three hills on which the...
Among the many rebuses, one certainty: Su Nuraxi of Barumini
Under the parasol, between a definition and a crossword puzzle, there is also Su Nuraxi. In the summer edition no. 456 of Enigmistica In, a page signed by archaeologist and journalist Chiara Dall'Armellina is dedicated to the World Herit...