Su Tempiesu

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General view of the temple

Su Tempiesu is the best preserved fountain sanctuary ( Italian Pozzo sacro ) in Sardinia and one of the few well-preserved examples of architecture from the Nuragic period. It is located east of Orune in the Nuoro Province on a steep slope in a remote valley.

The small temple was built by the Nuragic culture for the water cult and was built in the late period. Thanks to a landslide that covered it until 1953 (the year it was discovered), it was largely preserved in its above-ground part.

The front of the temple was about 3.5 m high. A two-meter-high, trapezoidal niche with a floor space of just four square meters lies in a house-like element with a steep roof. At the far end, a narrowing, unusually low opening leads over steps to the round water outlet. The rear area is separated from the niche by a threshold into which an overflow channel is incorporated. The water that collected in the rear area flowed (when the water level was high) through a channel to the outside. The niche represents the center of the temple. Here the offerings were placed on two side bench altars . In front of the cult niche there is a small forecourt, which is walled in waist-high and raised by four steps. This outer area is bordered by another low oval wall. Well temples have a complicated shape than nuraghi . Its stones are of the same type as the nuraghi, but they are very precisely worked.

  • Su Tempiesu

  • Source with overflow, drain and steps

  • Inside the actual source

  • View of the water outlets

  • Model in the Museo GA Sanna

See also

literature

  • Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
  • Maria Ausilia Fadda: Su Tempiesu by Orune. Fonte sacra Nuragica . Il Torchietto, Ozieri 1992, ( Soprintendenza Archeologica per le Province di Sassari e Nuoro Quaderni 18).

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Coordinates: 40 ° 24 ′ 39.43 "  N , 9 ° 24 ′ 46.32"  E