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...
The Asoru nuraghe in San Vito
The Nuraghe Asoru, in the territory of San Vito, 'is located in a valley basin surrounded by hills sloping down towards the sea of Colostrai, at an altitude of 32 m above sea level. It is a complex nuraghe consisting of a central tower and...
Codrongianos and its Nieddu nuraghe
The town of Codrongianos 'owes much of its fame to the scenic basilica of the Holy Trinity of Saccargia. Codrongianos stands on the hills of Logudoro, at an altitude of three hundred metres, populated by around 1,300 inhabitants. The remain...
Su Casteddu ‘e Fanaris between Vallermosa and Decimoputzu
"Su Casteddu 'e Fanaris", straddling the territories of Decimoputzu and Vallermosa and dating back to the Late Bronze Age (1300-1000 B.C.), is a Nuragic complex consisting of a central tower to which eight other towers were subsequently att...