Nuraghe Ponte
The Nuraghe Ponte (also Pontes) is located northwest of Dualchi in the province of Nuoro in Sardinia . Nuraghi of the same name are found at Giave and Lanusei .
The nuraghe consists of a round tholos ( Italian monotorre ) with an outer diameter of about 13.25 m and a remaining height of 11.8 m. Its base is made of large, slightly sunken blocks of basalt , on which well-carved rocks rest up to the level of the rectangular window niche (0.7 m wide, 1.25 m high) in a decreasing size. From this height, the perfectly square stones in the last rows increase in volume again.
The entrance to the southeast is unusually small. It has a width of 1.1 m and a height of 1.05 m. It is characterized by the carefully crafted, largest lintel of a nuraghe (length 3.65 m, width 1.5 m, thickness in the middle 1.1 m) and has a slightly curved front to adapt to the profile of the tower.
The corridor behind it is 5.1 m long and 3.9 m high. It gradually widens in width from 1.1 to 1.55 to 2.1 m and leads into the oval chamber from 4.85 to 5.5 m, the vault of which has been completely preserved. The well-preserved intramural staircase with 26 steps, illuminated by two slits, leads upwards in a curve on the left and extends from the corridor, as does the guard cell on the right .
The chamber has two side niches. One has a polygonal shape and an ogival entrance. The second is trapezoidal.
Nearby is the Protonuraghe Frenugarzu.
See also
literature
- Giovanni Lilliu : I nuraghi. Torri preistoriche di Sardegna. La Zattera, Cagliari 1962.
- VV Santoni: Il segno del potere. (“The sign of power”) In: La misteriosa civiltà dei Sardi. Sanna, Milan 1980.
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Coordinates: 40 ° 14 ′ 36.6 ″ N , 8 ° 51 ′ 57.5 ″ E