The nuraghe Aleri (Tertenia) is located on a hill, near the beach of Foxi Manna, on the southern coast of Ogliastra. It is a complex type nuraghe, consisting of a central tower enclosed within a bastion of three towers connected by straight wall sections and internally linked by corridors.
Visitors can explore the central tower, accessible through an entrance oriented to the southeast and topped by a granite lintel, which leads into a straight corridor.
At the end of the corridor, an entrance with an angular cover leads into the eccentric internal chamber, which has a circular plan and a lowered floor.
The environment, currently vaulted, is made of roughly hewn trachyte blocks arranged in irregular rows. On the walls of the chamber, there are entrances to two niches, respectively to the left and in front of the entrance. The structure is built with granite blocks of various sizes, unworked and placed in rather irregular rows. In the absence of excavation, it is difficult to define the configuration of the spaces of the added body. The nuraghe dates back to 1400-1000 BC and has been noted since the mid-20th century.
(Excerpts from “Sardegna Cultura”).
The photos of the nuraghe Aleri are by: Diversamente Sardi, Marco Cocco, Bibi Pinna, and Francesca Cossu.
