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Celtic and Prehistoric sacred sites in South Sardinia, Italy
Explore 7 Celtic and Prehistoric sacred places in South Sardinia, Italy, with mapped locations and detailed site guides.
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Giants' Grave of Sa Domu e s'Orcu
Siddi, South Sardinia, Italy
In the Marmilla region of southern-central Sardinia, a megalithic gallery grave bears a name that speaks of ancient awe: Sa Domu e s'Orcu—the House of the Ogre....
Necropolis di Montessu
Sa Baronia/Villaperuccio, South Sardinia, Italy
In a natural amphitheater of trachyte rock near Villaperuccio, over forty domus de janas—rock-cut tombs—line the curved face of a hill called the 'silent one.' For 1,500...
Necropolis of Pranu Mutteddu
Goni, South Sardinia, Italy
Across 200,000 square meters of the Gerrei countryside near Goni, approximately sixty menhirs stand in pairs, groups, and rows....
Nuraghe Arrubiu
Arrolli/Orroli, South Sardinia, Italy
In the fourteenth century BC, while Mycenaean ships plied Mediterranean waters, the Nuragic people raised a basalt fortress that would become the largest of its kind....
Santuario Nuragico di Santa Vittoria
Serri, South Sardinia, Italy
On a basalt plateau 650 metres above sea level in central Sardinia, the Santuario Nuragico di Santa Vittoria is the most important ceremonial complex of the Nuragic...
Temple of Antas
Frùmini Majori/Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia, Italy
In a mountain valley of southwestern Sardinia, three civilizations constructed temples to the same deity under three different names. The Nuragic people called him Babai....
The Giants' Tomb of Barranc Mannu, Sa Tuerredda
Santadi, South Sardinia, Italy
To reach the Giants' Tomb of Barrancu Mannu, you must make a pilgrimage. The two-kilometer hike through the great ravine that gives the site its name transforms the...
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