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...
The tomb of giants of Barrancu Mannu in Santadi
Also known as Sa Fraigada, the tomb of the giants of Barrancu Mannu rises to the west of the rio Baccu Mannu, on the top of a hill. The village was probably further downstream, protected in many places by cyclopean defensive walls. The mo...
The Sa Perdaia Nuraghe
On reflection, stone is perhaps the element that most characterises the island's environment and, sinking its roots deep into the earth, makes it stable and secure. Often carved into the most bizarre shapes by nature's infallible chisel, at...
The Palace of the People Never Won
Gentlemen, welcome to the land of the Iliensi: here lived one of the ancient Nuragic peoples described by Titus Livius and Roman historiographers. But the legions of Rome never arrived here: at least until today, after a year of excavation,...