Nuraghe Losa
The cult site Nuraghe Losa is located on the Italian island of Sardinia near the municipality of Abbasanta on the SS 131 ("Carlo Felice"). It can be reached via its own exit at kilometer 123.
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Together with the monuments of Barumini and Torralba , the complex is an important testimony to the Nuragic culture in Sardinia (14th-8th centuries BC).
The facility consists of an enclosing wall with two main and several side entrances. The main entrances are marked by gate towers with numerous loopholes like openings. Within the Temenos there is the main complex in the form of a 13-meter-high nuraghi remnant and numerous rudimentary outbuildings. There is also a small building with an exhibition of artefacts from the area. Outside the wall is a small urn field.
The nuraghe
Losa is a tholosnuraghe of the more complex type, with an unfinished triangular bastion . It consists of the central, largely complete main tower, around which there are three smaller tower remains arranged in a triangle. There are three larger niches in the main chamber. Inside the mighty walls there is a staircase to the second floor. This has not been preserved. The main tower is characterized by a regular surface. The rectangular cuboids used become smaller towards the top, only a few “filler stones” were used. To the northwest, there is a wall with two more towers, which encloses a kind of courtyard. These small towers are made of polyhedral blocks, their surface looks chaotic compared to the main tower. Directly opposite the main entrance of the nuraghe is another round building with 2 entrances and wall niches.
Nearby is the Nuraghe Aiga .
See also
literature
- Alberto Moravetti, Carlo Tozzi et al. (Eds.): Guide archeologiche. Preistoria e Protostoria in Italia . 2: Sardegna . ABACO, Forlí 1995, ISBN 88-86712-01-4 .
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Coordinates: 40 ° 7 ′ 1 ″ N , 8 ° 47 ′ 24 ″ E