Nuraghe Ispiene
The Nuraghe Ispiene is located in Erula near Perfugas in the province of Sassari in Sardinia . Nuraghi are prehistoric and early historical towers of the Bonnanaro culture (2200–1600 BC) and the subsequent nuraghi culture (around 1600–400 BC) in Sardinia, which is inextricably linked with it . The monument is dated to the Bronze Age (1600–1000 BC).
The tower in the shape of a truncated cone, overgrown by dense vegetation, can only be seen on the north and east sides. The nuraghe is accessed through an entrance with a monolithic architrave over which a relief opening is located. One arrives in the short corridor in which the guard cell is on the right . On the left in the wall begins the now completely buried, spiral staircase that led to the upper floor.
Opposite the entrance one arrives at the round central chamber with the three cross-shaped niches. Above the niche in the right wall there is another, small niche, a variant that is seldom seen. The ceiling of the tholos forms a perfectly preserved false vault . Only the upper ceiling plate is missing. The nuraghe was built in layered masonry from hewn and worked trachyte blocks.
The monument is famous because one of the largest votive boats of the nuragic culture was found here outside the nuragic complex . The bronze specimen is exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum in Cagliari .
See also
literature
- Giovanni Lilliu : I nuraghi. Torri preistoriche della Sardegna . La Zattera, Cagliari 1962, OCLC 474985654 .
- Anna Depalmas: Le Navicelle di bronzo della Sardegna nuragica. (Collana La Terra dei re). Gasperini, Cagliari 2005, OCLC 67225841 .
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Coordinates: 40 ° 46 ′ 47.1 ″ N , 8 ° 54 ′ 58.6 ″ E