Giant tomb of Bidistili

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Type series of Sardinian-Corsican monuments

The giant grave of Bidistili (also called "Durane") is located near Fonni , in the province of Nuoro in Sardinia . The buildings called "Tumbas de los zigantes" and ( Italian Tombe dei Giganti ) in Sardu are the largest prenuraghic cult structures in Sardinia and are among the latest megalithic structures in Europe . The 321 known giant tombs are monuments of the Bronze Age Bonnanaro culture (2,200-1,600 BC), the precursor culture of the Nuragic culture .

Type sequence

Structurally, giant tombs appear in two variants. The systems with portal steles and exedra belong to the older northern Sardinian type. In later systems, the exedra consists of a rectangular facade made of processed and layered stone blocks, instead of monolithic steles . The giant tomb of Bidistili is a mixed complex.

description

Instead of the central stele of the older systems, it has a massive trilithic entrance , which is crowned by a curved trailer . It has three artificial protrusions on the front. These long oval humps replace the three baityloi, including the friezes , which are otherwise located at this point .

The chamber is relatively small and has an apse . The chamber cover consisted of large, rectangular stone slabs. The floor of the chamber consists of large river pebbles. The ceramic finds are broken shells. The only piece of iron from the Nuragic period was found here.

The giant tombs of Madau are nearby .

See also

literature

  • Giovanni Lilliu : Sculture della Sardegna nuragica . Edizioni La Zattera, Cagliari 1966.
  • Giovanni Lilliu: Betili e betilini nelle tombe di giganti della Sardegna . Accademia nazionale dei Lincei, Rome 1995, ISBN 88-218-0499-2 , ( Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Storiche e Filologiche: Memorie Ser. 9, Vol. 6, Fasc. 4).
  • 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 ), p. 340.

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Coordinates: 40 ° 9 ′ 17 ″  N , 9 ° 16 ′ 25.2 ″  E