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The sacred well of Sant'Anastasia is a structure with isodomic blocks of rough basalt and limestone, about 5 meters deep, located inside a Nuragic village in the town of Sardara. The site was discovered in 1913 by the archaeologist Taramelli and is partially excavated due to its…
See moreThe discovery of this extraordinary building is due to Ercole Contu who, finding himself in front of a mound of earth, was initially convinced of finding a nuraghe. With the excavations he instead discovered the remains of a truncated pyramidal construction preceded by a long ascending ramp that had strong similarities with the…
See moreIt is a monument of complex interpretation, datable to the XNUMXth century BC, belonging to the typology of sacred wells. The structure is placed inside a nuragic site that extends for about one hectare, located in the surroundings of Paulilatino. In addition to the well, the archaeological complex has a nuraghe, a…
See moreThe sacred well of Santa Vittoria is located within one of the most important cultural complexes of Nuragic Sardinia which houses various structures, including housing, and is located in the Serri area, Sardinia. The archaeological site, built during the Bronze Age, has ample traces of occupations in the following centuries and…
See moreOne of the most fascinating sites, both for its extremely wild location and for its complexity, is that of "Sos Furrighesos". It is a difficult necropolis to reach, it would be preferable to be accompanied by those who know the area, but it is absolutely worth exploring the area, full of necropolises and…
See moreLucus Feroniae is the most important site among the many in which the cult of Feronia was practised, and has many characteristics of the cult of the goddess, such as the presence (in ancient times) of the sacred wood and that of the Tiber river, and having been meeting point between populations of different ethnic groups,…
See moreUnderground environment formed by a central chamber from which three other small chambers depart. It is accessed via a steep double-curved staircase that descends from the small door of a (private) building on the banks of the Natisone river. Two faces and some niches are carved on the walls. There are seats….
See moreThe Domus de Janas S'incantu is a funerary cave carved into the rock, decorated with motifs made with sculpture, engraving and painting with symbolic representations of powerful ritual and propitiatory value, with conceptual abstractions of undoubted magical-religious significance linked to the cult of the Goddess. The Domus de Janas (fairy houses)…
See moreThe rock altar of Santo Stefano, located in the territory of Oschiri, is located within a very large area characterized by an underground necropolis in which there are numerous Domus de Janas, about 8, dating back to the recent Neolithic, precisely Culture of Ozieri (3500-2700); there are also the remains of a nuraghe, but the…
See moreThe cave is located in Contrada Scaloria, near the current Palazzetto dello Sport, in the immediate northern suburb of Manfredonia in the province of Foggia. Of particular interest is the lower part of the cave, site of an ancient cult of the waters. The area was investigated in 1967 but only following the…
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