It derives from the island's most characteristic monument, the nuraghe, a tower-fortress type of construction the ancient Sardinians built in large numbers starting from about 1800 BC. [17] Today, more than 7,000 nuraghes dot the Sardinian landscape.

The recorded history of Sardinia begins with its contacts with the various people who sought to dominate western Mediterranean trade in classical antiquity: Phoenicians, Punics and Romans.

Apr 5, 2020 · Throughout the ancient island of Sardinia, the story of the indigenous Nuragic civilization lies obscured by unanswered questions. Although one can examine thousands of their laboriously-assembled structures, megalithic graves, and meticulously-crafted artwork and figurines, the greatest ponderings remain.

May 25, 2023 · In 1974, two farmers plowing their field in western Sardinia unearthed a nearly three-thousand-year-old gigantic limestone head, the first of thousands of ancient sculptural fragments recovered by archaeologists in the following decades.

Sep 15, 2023 · The Nuragic people of Sardinia are an odd Bronze Age civilization, an enigma even to the ancient Greeks. Who were they, and why build all those stone towers?

Sardinia is rich with archaeological treasures that tell stories of past civilizations. The island is home to numerous historical sites, each revealing a piece of its complex history. One prominent site is Su Nuraxi, located in Barumini. This ancient structure is …

Explore this remarkable heritage of Sardinia’s Nuragic civilisation with our guide to the nuraghe, tombs, sacred wells and sanctuaries, as well as the extraordinary collections of artefacts on display in museums around the island.

Jan 7, 2023 · Three thousand years ago, on the island of Sardinia, flourished a remarkable society. Right across the island, between about 1800 BC to 800 BC, they constructed around ten thousand astonishing stone structures called nuraghes. The ruins of around 7,000 of these structures can be seen today.

From the Romanesque architecture of rural churches to the important examples of Spanish domination with magnificent altarpieces and large Gothic churches, from modern installations by Maria Lai to murales street art.

Sardinia was a key stopping point for sailors and traders for millennia and has a deep and ancient cultural heritage. The characteristic and indigenous Nuragic civilization of Sardinia stretches from the Bronze Age (c. 18th century B.C.E.) to the Roman period.