Faced with the grandeur of the Eneolithic temple at 'Ziqqurat' in Monte D'Accoddi (Sassari), the monumentality of the protonuraghi and, as we shall see below, the tombs of giants, we would expect similar examples from the sacred architectur...
Tombs with architectural elevations
The Tomb of Giants is the type of tomb specific to the Nuragic Age throughout Sardinia: it too is characteristic of the Nuragic civilisation and finds no analogy with contemporary tombs on the Italian peninsula or in Europe. There are, howe...
The sacred wells of Matzanni in Vallermosa
Matzanni's sacred wells, in an article published by Unione Sarda back in February 2016. In his book 'La Religione Primitiva in Sardegna' (1912), Raffaele Pettazzoni cited "the two tholoi of Mazzani near Villacidro, called by the natives 't...
The Nuraghe San Sebastiano in Gesico
With regard to the Nuraghe San Sebastiano, located in the Gesico settlement, the MIbact website states that the nuragic complex consists of nine towers, three of which refer to the central structures and six to the robust antemurary walls....
The Su Picante tomb of giants in Siniscola
The Tomb of the Giants of Su Picante is located at Jorghi Ufrattu, a few kilometres from Siniscola. It falls into the category of dolmen-type tombs of the giants, particularly present in central-northern Sardinia, characterised by an entran...
The minor nuraghi
The Sardinian territory, as is well known, is home to several thousand monuments dating back to the so-called 'Nuragic Age', of varying size and articulation. Some are in a state of preservation that allows them to be appreciated in all the...
The Sa Testa sacred well in Olbia
The sacred well of Sa Testa is one of the best-known places of worship in Nuragic Sardinia. It can be dated to the Final Bronze Age (12th-11th century B.C.). It was built with blocks of local schist, granite and a single element, the first...
Luxia rajosa
Luxia is a female mythical character in the Sardinian narrative tradition, who is linked to the most varied arguments, although her presence is felt most strongly when it comes to punitive petrifactions. She is spoken of throughout Sardini...
The Aeddos Nuraghe of Orotelli
The Aeddos Nuraghe is located at the Sa Serra plateau, in the territory of Orotelli, within the municipal park. Made of large boulders of local granite, it is a complex structure with a central tower (keep) and three other secondary ones ar...