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nuraghi

Prehistoric circular tower of a type found on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. The towers date from the Bronze Age or early Iron Age, about 1500 to 500 BC. Made of a variety of stone including granite, basalt, and limestone, the structures have one to three storeys, linked by a spiral staircase. About 6,000 are known, built by local chieftains as defensible residences.

Nuraghi resemble the prehistoric stone towers of the Scottish brochs and Minorcan talyots.



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In this environmental diversity you can find old testimonies of the territory: from the presence of numerous buildings, such as the tomb of giants Li Lolghi and the necropolis of Li Muri, consisting of stone circles vertically buried in the ground, the nuragic temple of Malchittu or the nuraghe Albucciu.
Gallura Sardinia by Paolo Pilia / Travel, recreation and leisure community
Antioco, con sosta a Carbonia e rientro a Cagliari per via diretta da Iglesias--di poi, prosegue l'iter verso nord per la Carlo Felice, avendo occasione di visitare il nuraghe Piscu, sfiorando Monastir, per dirigersi verso Mandas, di li a Nuoro, onde effettuera le visite a Dorgali, Cala Gonne, Orosei.
<>, un viaggio che si eleva a ... by de Marco, Giuseppe / Italica
brought the (carbon-dated) Nuraghe of Barumini, Sardinia as Jacquetta Hawkes talks about the "''tombe di giganti'' in which the inhabitants of the nuraghi buried their dead.
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