In Nule, in the Goceano, stands one of the best-preserved nuragic monuments of northern-central Sardinia: the nuraghe Voes.
It is by far the most important nuragic heritage of Nule, a center with a high density of prehistoric evidence, and one of the best-preserved in northern-central Sardinia. Raised to 700 meters in height at the southwestern tip of the Buddusò plateau, the nuragheVoesdominates a landscape that extends over all the hills of Goceano down to the valley carved by the lower course of the Tirso. The monument stands about six kilometers from the small village famous for textile art and, above all, for refined carpets with designs offramas, whose roots are late Roman or early medieval.
The monument is grandiose and still intact in its fundamental components, having never undergone maintenance or excavations. Dated between the Middle and Late Bronze Age (1600-1000 BC), theVoesIt was frequented even in later times, as shown by a fragment of Punic pottery and a small hoard of copper and silver coins from the imperial age. The structure is of a complex type, composed of a central tower, which originally – it is assumed – rose on three overlapping levels. Around it, in a subsequent phase, a trilobate bastion arose: the three towers are connected by corridors and arranged concentrically. At the entrance, a short corridor leads into a small rectangular courtyard. On its walls, the entrances to the corridors leading to the chambers of the central tower and those of the secondary ones open. The keep features, in addition to the circular chamber, three niches arranged in a cross shape and the cover totholosTo the left of the corridor, you will see the spiral staircase that leads to the room on the upper floor, where there are also three corridors that connect to the three secondary towers. The curvilinear shape of the keep makes it resemble the type of the famous nuraghe.Santu Antineof Torralba, while the bastion has a shape similar to the nuragheLosaof Abbasanta. (from Sardegna Turismo)
The photos of the nuraghe Voes are by: ArcheoUri Vagando, Andrea Mura – Nuragando Sardegna and Diversamente Sardi
