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 architecture of the Middle Bronze Age.
Certainly, archaeological research has yet to meet these expectations, because to date only one aerial temple has been ascribed to the Middle Bronze Age: the apsidal building ‘in antis’ of Malchittu, located in the countryside of Arzachena, not far from the Albucciu nuraghe.
Source: “L’Alba dei Nuraghi” – L’edilizia templare e i luoghi sacri – Giovanni Ugas, ed. Fabula 2005.
The photos of the temple of Malchittu are by Giovanni Sotgiu. Those of the archaeological complex of Monte d’Accoddi by Diversamente Sardi. The Albucciu nuraghe is portrayed in Marco Cocco’s shots.
