Nuraghe Santu Antine Torralba — Great Tower
Nuraghe Santu Antine · Sa Domu de su Re
Bronze Age Nuragic (1600–1100 BCE)·Nuragic·🇮🇹 Sardinia, Sassari, Torralba, Italy
About
About Nuraghe Santu Antine Torralba — Great Tower
Sardinia's 'Sardinian palace' excavated by Taramelli 1933–38, restored 3-storey keep with corbel vault and concentric corridor bastion. Recorded context — Period: Bronze Age Nuragic (1600–1100 BCE); Culture: Nuragic; Field status: excavated; Materials: basalt, trachyte; Condition: preserved.
Why it mattersKey Nuragic megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Trade network extent
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Observatory
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 1600 BCE (main tower 1600–1200 BCE)
- Period
- Bronze Age Nuragic (1600–1100 BCE)
- Culture
- Nuragic
- Purpose
- Tri-lobed nuraghe — largest and most complex (17 m high, 3-storey tholos)
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1879
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Nuraghe Santu Antine Torralba — Great Tower
c. 1600 BCE (main tower 1600–1200 BCE)
Initial construction / first occupation at Nuraghe Santu Antine Torralba — Great Tower
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Nuraghe Santu Antine Torralba — Great Tower
On the ground
Structures & features
40.4860° N · 8.7690° E · 342 m · 3 mapped features
- Nuraghe Santu Antine Torralba — Great Tower — Principal Standing Stonestanding stonestanding stone at Nuraghe Santu Antine Torralba — Great Tower — hydraulic feature40.4848° N · 8.7708° E
- Nuraghe Santu Antine Torralba — Great Tower — Northern Chamberchamberchamber at Nuraghe Santu Antine Torralba — Great Tower — outlier feature40.4869° N · 8.7691° E
- Nuraghe Santu Antine Torralba — Great Tower — Southern Cairncairncairn at Nuraghe Santu Antine Torralba — Great Tower — primary structure40.4877° N · 8.7699° E
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