In Romano Stangherlin's shots, the beautiful nuraghe Santa Barbara in the territory of Villanova Truschedu. On the website of the Ministry of Culture -Idese, we read that this monument is characterised by the a tancato' typology, i.e. t...
The megalithic complex of Monte Baranta in Olmedo
The megalithic complex of Monte Baranta (Olmedo), the subject of studies and research since the 1950s, constitutes one of the most extraordinary examples of pre-Nuragic fortified settlements, attributable to the Copper Age and more precisel...
The Palmavera Nuraghe in Alghero
The Palmavera, in the territory of Alghero, is a complex nuraghe consisting of two communicating central towers, an antemurale and a village of 50 huts, as opposed to the original 150 to 200. The two towers are not coeval: the older one...
Lu Brandali archaeological complex in Santa Teresa di Gallura
The nuragic complex of Lu Brandali in Santa Teresa Gallura rises along the slopes of a granite promontory and the surrounding plain. It comprises a nuraghe, a village, a giants' tomb, several tafoni and rock shelters. The nuraghe exploit...
The Litu Ertiches nuraghe in Irgoli
Litu Ertiches is one of the nuraghi generally defined as 'minor'. It is located in the territory of Irgoli, near the SS 131 DCN. Built with white limestone ashlars on top of a rocky mass inserted in an environmental compendium of extraordin...
Nuragics, Philistines and Phoenicians
Professor Giovanni Garbini, on the discovery of an amphora with 'Philistine and Phoenician' inscriptions found at the site of S'Arcu 'e is Forros di Villagrande Strisaili, stated "the exceptional importance of the inscription, also constit...
The Tomb of the Giants of San Cosimo at Gonnosfanadiga
Remarkable dimensions and surprising findings characterise a Nuragic funerary monument in the Middle Campidano countryside in south-west Sardinia. It is one of the largest megalithic constructions on the island, there is also a scaled-do...
The Su Cherchizzu sacred well of Silanus
The sacred well Su Cherchizzu (Su Laccheddu/S'Abbasantera), discovered in 1881: is part of the nuragic complex of Santa Sabina (Silanus), located about 400 m from the nuraghe. The fortuitous discovery, which occurred during the closing...
The Lò nuraghe in Sorgono
The Nuraghe Lò is located on a rocky outcrop of granite type, a short distance from the municipality of Sorgono. It is a single-tower nuraghe with an elliptical plan and an entrance on the north-west side, which gives access to a curviline...