Su Nuraxi di Barumini
Bruncu Su Nuraxi · Nuraghe Su Nuraxi
Bronze Age·Nuragic civilisation (Bronzo Medio/Recente)·🇮🇹 Sardinia, Medio Campidano, Barumini, Italy
About
About Su Nuraxi di Barumini
UNESCO World Heritage Nuragic complex — archetypal Bronze Age tower-fortress in central Sardinia. Central trilobate nuraghe (central tower c.1500 BCE, four bastion towers 13th century BCE) of basalt cyclopean masonry with corbelled tholos chambers, enclosed by outer bastion wall and sprawling village of 55 huts and assembly hut with stone bench. Excavated by Giovanni Lilliu 1949-56. Demonstrates Nuragic civilization's megalithic engineering without mortar.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Nuragic collapse — why villages abandoned 900-500 BCE?
Theories
- 01Central-place for agropastoral control of Campidano plain
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Central tower c.1500 BCE; bastions c.1300 BCE; village 1300-1000 BCE
- Period
- Bronze Age
- Culture
- Nuragic civilisation (Bronzo Medio/Recente)
- Purpose
- Fortress, communal stronghold and elite residence
- Abandoned
- c.700 BCE (Iron Age)
- Rediscovered
- Excavated 1949-56 Lilliu; UNESCO 1997
- Excavation
- Excavated
Central tower c.1500 BCE; bastions c.1300 BCE; village 1300-1000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1275 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
39.7031° N · 8.9913° E · 238 m · 3 mapped features
Central Mastio
towerCentral tower with two corbelled chambers
39.7031° N · 8.9913° EBastions and Curtain
bastionFour lobe bastions linked by curtain wall
39.7033° N · 8.9915° EHut Village
village55 circular stone huts surrounding nuraghe
39.7029° N · 8.9916° E
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