Sajacciu giant tomb
The giant tomb of Sajacciu is located on Monte Sajacciu (or S'Ajacciu) west of Palau in Gallura in the province of Sassari in Sardinia and is one of the largest of its kind on the island, but in very poor condition.
In Sardu "los zigantes Tumbas de" and ( Italian Tombe dei Giganti -. Plur) BautenDie mentioned are the largest pränuraghischen cult in Sardinia, and are among Europe's spätesten megaliths . The 321 known giant tombs are mostly monuments of the Bronze Age Bonnanaro culture (2200–1600 BC), the precursor culture of the Nuragic culture .
Type sequence
Structurally, giant tombs appear in two variants. The systems with portal steles and exedra are of the older 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 Sajacciu is a younger type (with a square facade).
description
The ruins of the giant tomb are overgrown by thick vegetation. But you can still see the remains of the monumental exedra and in front of it, lying on the floor, a large stone block with a frieze made of trapezoidal notches, an architectural detail that enables the megalithic complex to be dated back to the Late Bronze Age (12th to 10th centuries BC). Chr.). The chamber is almost not preserved as it was destroyed in the Byzantine period to build a rectangular building, perhaps a small church, of which only a few remains are visible. In front of the right side of the exedra are the remains of a round hut.
The small giant tomb Li Mizzani is located nearby .
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 ).
Web links
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Coordinates: 41 ° 9 ′ 30.8 ″ N , 9 ° 19 ′ 15.4 ″ E