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Archeology

Sardinia Archeology

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thumb_tempio_di_antas_fluminimaggioreThough it was populated since prehistory (the first human settlements date back to 6.000 - 5.000 B.C.), Sardinia never elaborated a unitary association form.

 

Archeological Map Sardinia

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sardegna_insediamentiMap Domus de janas, Giants Tombs, Holy wells.

Sardinia Domus de Janas

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domus_de_janas_sediloThey are tombs dug in the rock often according to a labyrinth architecture which develops in different little rooms.

 

Giants Tombs Sardinia

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thumb_tomba_dei_giganti_li_lolghi_arzachenaThey are tombs that were destined to the tribal chiefs. They are 325 on the whole island.

Nuraghe Map Sardinia

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nuraghi_sardegnaMap Nuraghe Sardinia - Dislocation of Nuraghi 

Sardinia Nuraghe

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villaggio_nuragicoThe Nuraghe appears about 1.500 B.C. and is no doubt the most significant architecture of Sardinian prehistory and perhaps of all the Mediterranean area. They consist on two-storeyed broken-conical towers.

Holy wells Sardinia

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pozzo_sacro_su_tempiesu_oruneLinked with the early Sardinian cult of the waters, the holy wells are on the island about 30. Constituting the most archaic examples of the religious architecture in the Mediterranean area, they were built near watersprings.

The excavations of Tharros

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rovine_tharrosThe town of Tharros (in the peninsula of Sinis, not far from Oristano) has a Phoenician origin. The first settlement, in fact, date back to the 8th century B.C., then since the 6th century B.C. the site was utilized by the Punics as a sea-stronghold. Since 238 B.C. Tharros passed under the Roman rule.

The ruins of Nora

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rovine_di_noraSituated on the south-west coast of Sardinia, less than 40 kilometres far from Cagliari, they constitute one of the most fascinating archeological sites of the island.