Dòmu d'Urxia
Dòmu d'Urxia (also Domu de Orgia or Orgiarajosa) is part of a nuragic settlement from the final phase of the Sardinian nuragic culture in the province of Sud Sardegna . From the second half of the 2nd millennium BC The complex is located on the eastern flank of Monte Santa Vittoria, in the desert of Eastern Sardinia on a 1000 m high yoke of Monte Cuccureddu near the (850 inhabitants) village of Esterzili in the Barbagia di Seulo. The name means house of Giogia, a Sardinian child-eating witch.
Dòmu d'Urxia is the largest of the Sardinian megaron temples (also called Astylos), which are extremely rare in Sardinia , as they are otherwise known from Malchittu Province Sassari or Serra Orrios Province Nuoro . It was originally enclosed by a low oval wall, which is to be regarded as the peribolos of a Temenos . The two-roomed temple with antes on both sides, preserved up to a height of about two meters, is about 20.0 m long and 8.5 m wide. Inside, the antenna area on the entrance side is provided with benches ( bank altars ) running around the walls . The curved architrave and the bosses, interpreted as feminine, are found in fountain sanctuaries from the 12th to 10th centuries BC in Sardinia . Represented. The village complex a few hundred meters away has not yet been excavated. "Megara" with the same floor plan can be found in the early layers of Troy .
See also
literature
- Rainer Pauli: Sardinia. History culture landscape. Voyages of discovery on one of the most beautiful islands in the Mediterranean . 7th edition. DuMont, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-7701-1368-3 , ( DuMont documents. DuMont art travel guide ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.marenostrum.it/tappa.php?itinerario=11&tappa=108&l=ita - "In località Cuccureddu si trova invece la Domus de Orgiarajosa, un antico tempio con una struttura realmente singolare".
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Coordinates: 39 ° 44 ′ 55.3 " N , 9 ° 19 ′ 38.1" E