Post by Claudia Da Rin

Second reason to visit Sardinia A stunning archaeological past Sardinia is bewildering when it comes to its archaeological sites. The exact function of its 7,000 nuraghi, in particular, still has to be determined: what is known about this Bronze Age population is that it was made up by shepherds and farmers. The entire island is dotted with many examples of this stunning architecture, the most famous being Su Nuraxi in Barumini, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the south, Is Paras in Isili, south center of the island, where a nuraghe boasts a 12-metre-high vault, Sedilo, close to Nuoro, hosting the Giant’s Tombs and one of the biggest necropolis on the island, the Domus de Janas di Ilois, with 34 tombs. Santu Antine Nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardinia. This construction is characterised by circular defensive towers-fortresses in the form of truncated cones built of dressed stone for which no parallel exists anywhere else in the world. The Nuragic civilization began in the Bronze Age (1800 BC), as the evolution of pre-existing cultures present on the island of Sardinia since Neolithic times. The Nuragic villages of Santa Cadrina to the north-west, Genna Maria to the south, one km from Villanovaforru or Serra Orrios, in the Dorgali area, the village of Romanzesu in Bitti, the sacred source of Su Tempiesu in Orune, area instances of a mysterious past that makes this fabulous island an intriguing, delightful, mesmerizing destination #sardinia #summer #amazingplaces #beautifuldestinations #passiopassport #sardegna #ilovesardinia #traveltoitaly #sardiniaexperience #nature #visitsardinia #nuraghi #barumini #history #archeology #nuraghe #italy #sardinien #volgosardegna #lanuovasardegna #arzachena #welcometosardegna #focussardegna #traveling_sardegna