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Necropolis of Church and monastery Project jointly funded by the European Union Sant’Andrea Priu of San Nicola di Trullas Operational programme ERDF 2007 – 2013 EUROPEAN UNION ERDF - European Regional Development Fund - Axis I, Activity line 1.2.3.a.

REPUBBLICA ITALIANA

P.O.R. ERDF 2007-2013, Line 1 “Information Society”, Specific Goal 1.2. “Promoting and developing the information society with a particular attention to those key aspects that will sustain the development of the territory and the quality of life, as health, education and the promotion of culture”, Operational Goal 1.2.3. “Increasing the production of the digital contents”, Action Line of 1.2.3.a. “Actions for the production, publication and sharing on the web and on new media (DTV, mobile T, etc.) of digital contents concerning Sardinia’s culture, literature, music, territory and images for a social fruition”.

Cultural heritage

We thank the Superintendence for the Architectural, Landscape, Historical, Artistic and Ethno- Sassarese Anthropological Heritage for the provinces of , , Tempio and , for the kind cooperation. Territory

Necropolis of Sant’Andrea Priu | Bonorva

Church and monastery of San Nicola di Trullas | Semestene

Cultural heritage Unicity Srl: Sardinia Virtual Archaeology Coordination and Production 3D and 3D Render Reconstruction Sassarese and Production Virtual Guided Territory Visits and Virtual Views Production Communication and Multimedia

Necropolis of Testaluna Srl: Sant’Andrea Priu 3D Planning and Interactivity Text: Mrs. Maria Grazia Arru Mrs. Emanuela Atzeni Polonord Adeste Srl: USB Pendrive Production Church and monastery of San Nicola di Trullas Imago Multimedia Snc: Text: Mrs. Maria Grazia Arru Texts, Graphics and Photographs of the sites inside the Digital and Paper Guide Cultural heritage sites FSG Sas - Unicity Srl: Cultural heritage Text: Mr. Giulio Concu Interactive multimedial stations Mrs. Maria Grazia Porcu and technical support The project “Cultural heritage Sardegna Virtual Archaeology”

he archaeological and architectonic they are fundamental elements of the heritage of Sardinia offers a lot of nowadays Sardinian identity heritage. The Tunusual traits compared to the other essential aspects of the Sardinian Mediterranean territories. Its peculiarities archaeology and architecture are well known, are concentrated in particular between the even if in a partial way, thanks to those late pre-history and the proto-history and excellent examples of the Nuragic complex have their apex in the . of Barumini or the Romanesque church of However, some other distinctive historical- Saccargia, which are already part of a time features of Sardinia come from the common heritage ; but in a world where significant presence of the Phoenician, gathering information is relatively simple, the Punic, Roman and Byzantine colonisations. public administration has the duty of A new and specific culture arose from the presenting the culture of Sardinia in an interaction of the local culture with those objective and complete way, so that it could outer civilizations: its material and be available for any kind of experts and or immaterial aspects can be easily found and any people without experience. That is why the R.A.S. ( Regional Administration of innovative educational products connected Sardinia) has chosen to stimulate the to the Sardinian places of culture, creating an Sassarese spectacular aspects of some of the main integrated system of sites and monuments archaeological and architectonic remains, that will be rebuilt with the use of the most which were already built in dramatic recent 3D technologies. So, the Sardinian landscapes that could fascinate even the heritage will be available for any kind of user least interested visitor. But the real challenge through high quality products characterized lies in contextualizing the archaeological sites by fascinating graphics and rich interactive in their cultural environment. The idea comes information. With these purposes, seventeen from the concept that the remains of ancient sites among the most significant of the cultures can “tell a story” when they are Sardinian history and culture, deployed in “examined” all together, as if they were the eight areas of interests , have been virtually pages of a book that otherwise would be reconstructed with three-dimensional and incomprehensible at the end. Basically, the realistic features , as a result of an accurate project aims to illustrate a monument or a research on the bibliographic and site showing the reasons why it is interesting cartographic material. The digital not just for itself but also and above all for its reconstructions meet those reconstructive importance in the surrounding cultural and hypotheses that have been validated by the natural environment. This aspect is essential scientific and academic community and that and useful for the interpretation of the today originate from the excavations, the field world: it helps us to understand why we researches, the historical-archaeological and should preserve our archaeological and artistic studies. Therefore, the 3D architectonical heritage , beyond its reconstructions offer the highest degree of monumentality and although pertinent to fidelity to the original building or site, cultures, as for instance the Roman one, that reproducing the surrounding natural are usually considered extraneous to the landscape and the archaeological identitarian inheritance. The ways through environment with the external structures, the which this kind of knowledge should be inner spaces and real-life settings. The spread, are set depending on the media to ultimate digital product will be available at which they are addressed for its fruition. Still, some of the most important cultural places of the available products will go beyond the Sardinia, as for instance museums and mere didactic presentation of the site to universities, and at the so-called “access come to a wider and complete description points”, that are specific public spaces where from all cultural points of view. the interactive multimedia posts will be installed and accessible to all visitors. Moreover, the product will be available on Content and purpose of the project digital support to be distributed during conventions, fairs, forum and tourism The project “Sardinian Virtual Archaeology exhibitions. In fact, the specific purpose of Cultural Heritage” was set up with the aim to the RAS’ “Linea di Attività 1.2.3.a” aims to enhance the so-called “Homogeneous increase the production, divulgation and System of Visual Identity” that the R.A.S. has sharing of digital contents referring to already started with the main purpose to Sardinian cultural assets, so to improve the create an instrument of safeguard and knowledge of the diverse users and to promotion of the Sardinian cultural heritage. enhance the education of the different Besides, the project contributes to the segments of students, in view of a useful improvement of the scientific, didactic and socio-cultural repercussion on the territory. • Prenuragic Altar of Monte d’Accoddi, Sassari

6 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology General map of Sardinia Sassarese territory

Olbia

Porto Torres Sassari Gallura

Alghero Sassarese San Nicola di Trullas Semestene S. Andrea Priu Bonorva Nuoro SSassari Nuorese Oristanese Sassarese Oristano Ogliastra San Nicola di Trullas Semestene S. Andrea Priu Bonorva Medio Campidano Cagliaritano

Cagliari Iglesiente

Sulcis

Necropolis of Church and monastery Sant’Andrea Priu of San Nicola di Trullas (Bonorva) (Semestene) Bonorva • Necropolis towards the territory) and the plain of Sant’Andrea Priu of Santa Lucia, stands the rocky necropolis of Sant’Andrea Priu, carved inside an imposing red trachyte outcrop. It includes several hypogeal burials – small artificial grottoes, t about ten kilometres from the simple or complexes called “domus de janas” village of Bonorva, at the foot of the – that were carved and used during the Ahill that delimitates the plain of Neolithic and pre-Nuragic age. Rich in Campeda, the hill of Mariani (which opens archaeological finds, the area was frequented

↑ Reconstruction of the entry of Domus VIII ↓ Reconstruction of the prehistoric burials

↑ The trachytic hill where the domus were excavated ↓ Reconstruction of the domus in the trachytic wall

10 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 11 since time immemorial, studied by The tombs had been carved on the vertical b.C.) was under way. The necropolis is made of the dead that were carved on the walls and researchers and archaeologists and violated slope of a ten-metre-high and south- of unicellular tombs (with just a burial in the floors. Tomb V is known as “Circular by grave robbers for decades; the shepherds oriented trachytic outcrop during the middle chamber) and wider burial chambers linked hut tomb” or “ Domus tomb”: it is inaccessible transformed the underground tombs in of the 4 th millennium b.C., when the so-called to secondary multicellular rooms. Many of because the collapse of the wall of the shelters for their livestock or to stock the hay. “Culture of S. Michele of ” (3200-2850 them present some symbols linked to the cult outcrop where they carved the entrance

↑The entry of one of the domus ↓ The cult fireplace in the floor of Domus XIII ↑ Domus V called “Circular hut tomb” ↓ Domus VIII called “Chamber tomb”

12 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 13 staircase. A small rectangular room leads to cupels (clefts) in the floor and a rectangular entrance with a staircase in origin, which pillars that were carved into the rock. The the main chamber, characterised by a conical fossa during the Byzantine age. Two rooms collapsed centuries ago. A vestibule with a peculiarity of this tomb comes from the ceiling that was decorated with a carved halo with irregular plan, maybe made in a following rectangular pavilion leads to the main decorations carved in the ceiling, motif reproducing the wooden ceiling of real phase, open up along the longest sides. Tomb rectangular chamber, which presents a representing the sloped wooden roof of pre- huts. They also carved lots of hemispherical VIII, or “Chamber tomb”, had a monumental double sloped ceiling, supported by some Nuragic huts, with a central beam and several

↑“Chief’s tomb”: cupels ↓ “Chief’s tomb”: reconstruction of the ↑ “Chief’s tomb”: the remains of the ↓ “Chief’s tomb”: reconstruction of the ↑ (clefts) in the floor ↑ frescoes in the “bema” (8 th century A.D.) ↑ frescoes in the “bema” (8 th century A.D. ↑ frescoes in the “bema” (8 th century A.D.)

14 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 15 lateral joists. On the longest side of the dead and a later fossa tomb. The burial continued to be used as a country church of its architectonic details. A small entrance vestibule and along the left short complex was reused during the Roman and until the Late Middle Ages (476-1000 A.D.). rectangular entrance room leads to a side there are five small supplementary Late-Antique ages, when Tomb VI, known This multicellular burial, made of eighteen hemispherical anteroom (endonarthex) with rooms. In the floor there are lots of clefts also as the “Chief’s tomb”, was transformed rooms, is of particular interest because the a slightly concave ceiling, which is also where they used to lay the offerings for the into a hall for the Christian cult and complexity of its planimetry and the richness decorated with in-relief radial strips

↑ Domus VIII : reconstruction of the burials ↓ “Chief’s tomb”: the ceiling of the endonarthex ↑↓ “Chief’s tomb”: frescoes in the hall (4 th -6 th century A.D.)

16 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 17 representing the roofs of the Neo-Eneolithic the rock, and by walls where some small skylight, which is visible from the above plain. portions of several Christian frescoes, dated huts. From here, you can reach two wider entrance doors open up leading to some During the last phases of the necropolis, the back to the 4 th -6 th century A.D. Some other rectangular rooms through a small door; the secondary rooms, which are provided with tomb was transformed into a Christian frescoes were painted in the main rooms of rooms are characterised by a flat ceiling recesses and counter benches. In the ceiling church dedicated to Saint Andrew. The the tomb probably during the second half of supported by columns, which were carved in of the last main room there is a sort of bottom wall of the halfway room keeps some the 8 th century A.D. Two entombments, still

↑ “Chief’s tomb”: detail of the frescoes ↓ “Chief’s tomb”: ↑ Remains of Domus X ↓ The hypogeal XIII and XIV at the top of the plain ↑ in the “bema” (8 th century A.D.) ↑ Byzantine burials

18 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 19 visible in the floor of the first room, date back other tombs at the basis of the same slope. tomb carved in a boulder jutting out towards Taramelli. At the end of the nineties of last to the Byzantine age. At present, some tombs At the top of the plain there are some more the underlying plain, whose side walls were century, some restoring works have been carved into the hillside are accessible with domus de janas with a simpler planimetry, and later demolished. Between 1916 and 1918, the carried out to safeguard the frescoes inside great difficulty since the collapse of the rocky the rock known as “The bull” or “The belfry”, necropolis was regularly excavated under the the rocky church (Chief’s tomb), mainly slope; the landslide could have hidden some which in origin was probably a unicellular direction of the archaeologist Antonio depicting scenes from the New Testament. •

↑ The so-called “Bull” or “Belfry” ↓ “Chief’s tomb”: frescoes representing the Christ (8 th century A.D.) ↑↓ “Chief’s tomb”: frescoes (VIII sec. d.C.)

20 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 21 Semestene • Church directly from the diocese of Sorres and the and monastery information about its administration come of San Nicola di Trullas from the register called “Condaghe di San Nicola di Trullas”‘ (12 th -13 th century). The he church of San Nicola di Trullas is monument was built in Romanesque style: it located in the territory of Semestene, presents a very simple structure, with a one- Tat about 50 km from Sassari. It was nave ground plan characterised by an eastern part of an old monastery that was given by apse. In the lower section of the main façade the Athen family to the Camaldolese order in there is a simple portal, while the upper 1113. In the Middle Ages the church depended section is decorated by a series of hanging

The façade of the church of S. Nicola di Trullas The southern side of the church

22 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 23 arches leaning against the walls and the church. A pilaster divides in two parts the vertically divided in two units by a pilaster; nave is covered by two vaults. In the rear wall, supported by some small columns. The space side views of the church, in each of which each unit is characterised by the presence of just behind the altar, there is the semicircular between the arches is filled with four painted there is a single-lancet window. In the highest a single-lancet window to enlighten the apse, the most important part of the church ceramic bowls that were inserted in the wall section of the façade there is a series of interior of the church. The interior of the that once was entirely covered by a fresco of with a decorative function and that can be hanging arches leaning against the wall, which building reveals the same simplicity of the which poor remains are left; the painting is found also on the eastern-oriented side of decorate the apse wall too. The apse is external walls: a unique and wide rectangular dated back to the 13 th century and probably

↑ The church and the remains ↓ Reconstruction of the frescoes ↑ The northern side of the church ↓ The apse ↑ of the walls of the monastery ↑ at the interior of the church

24 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 25 interested also the contiguous walls. Next to around the first half of the 14 th century and ambulatory, on which opened some rooms of probable chapter house on the east side to the church, on its southern side, stood the the entire site was then abandoned. Anyway different dimensions and different functions which could be added some other meeting Camaldolese monastery, of which just some it has been possible to virtually rebuilt the that is difficult to identify for certain today. rooms as for instance a parlour . Furthermore walls of some rooms are left, which probably entire structure that presented a Comparing the remaining structures with they think that there was also a refectory on were arranged all around the cloister. The quadrangular cloister with a well at the centre similar monasteries, it has been proposed, the opposite side of the church, a garden at monastery was completely destroyed by a fire and surrounded by a rectangular roofed although with some doubts, to recognise: a the centre of the cloister and some rooms

↑↓ Reconstruction of the cloister ↑ Hypothetical reconstruction of the library ↓ Hypothetical reconstruction of the monastery apothecary

26 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 27 usually arranged along the corridor of the well-worked blocks and was probably suppose the presence of the cells of the rather numerous, as suggested by the cloister: a scriptorium , a reading room, a room covered with a truss roof, as usually was in the monks and maybe of a basement along the reconstruction of the economic life of the that hosted the abbot and the prior of same kind of religious buildings. It is plausible southern side, which still presents a steep priory described in the “Condaghe di San novices’ chair and a possible room that that it presented some wooden floors slope towards the underlying valley. The Nicola di Trullas”. The comparison with the hosted the tombs of the priors. The dividing the ground floor from the upper one extent and the inner articulation of the rooms 12 th -century sources, chronologically closer to coenobium was maybe built with the use of where, based on similar complexes, you can suggest that the residing community was the donation of the church and of the

↑↓ Reconstruction of the church and of the monastery ↑ Reconstruction of the monastery ↓ Reconstruction of the church and of the cloister

28 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 29 monastery, is difficult because no materials 13 th century to be confirmed by the written already been erected together with the site, the donors (the Athen family) gave not have been found that could attest the sources. Nowadays it is not possible to church at the time of the donation; or that it only the church, already equipped with the inhabitation of the site during the 12 th century. retrace the precise order in which they build was being built at that date although it is complete liturgical furnishings (books, New excavations on the northern area before the edifices (church/monastery): since the more plausible that when bestowing the vestments), but also the complete monastery the main façade could help to retrace the life monastery is not expressly mentioned in the religious residence, an act that ratified the provided with everything was necessary for of the monastery between the 12 th and the document of 1113, you can suppose that it had presence of the Camaldolese order in the the monastic life. •

Reconstruction of the church and of the monastery

30 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 31 Sassarese territory | Cultural Heritage sites the Promontory of Capo 03. Ardara • Cathedral the 12 th century and the first Caccia . Capo Caccia is of S.M. del Regno half of the 13 th century, close characterised by high cliffs Ardara is an agricultural village to the medieval village of Seve that keep a rich botanic and that overlooks the plain of the (also Sea or Cea ). In the 15 th faunal patrimony and where Easter Meilogu region. During century it was administered by there is also the famous the Middle Ages it was the the Augustinian Hospitallers, Grotto of Nettuno . capitals of the Kingdom of as attested by some 01. • Main sanctuary is inside a 1 st - Maria : erected between 1547 Torres; the same kings of inscriptions and the Tau cross monuments century built-up area, perhaps and 1730, it presents some 02. • Necropolis Torres built the cathedral of carved on the façade. The oldest evidence of the the Roman city of Carbia . remarkable Gothic-Catalan of Sos Furrighesos S.M. del Regno in the 12 th human presence in the Near the hamlet of Fertilia elements, like the beautiful The village of Anela was century. This impressive 05. • territory of Alghero (6000 Porta Petita and the octagonal probably founded as a Roman S’Aspru a.C.) was found inside the bell tower. On Piazza della colony, even if the territory Benetutti is an agro-pastoral Grotta Verde (green grotto), Misericordia stands the Iglesia was inhabited since the pre- village not far from the banks that keeps some pre-historic de la Merced , built in 1662, historical age. The most of the river Tirso. Its territory graffiti and where the run by the so-called Jermans important site of the territory is rich in pre-Nuragic archaeologists recovered Blancs , the brotherhood of is the necropolis of Sos evidence, among which the some Neolithic grave goods. Misericordia that runs also the Furrighesos , with about Neolithic necropolis of Sos The Neolithic age is well rites of Setmana Santa (Holy twenty tombs carved during Molimentos and that of Sa

Nuraghe Palmavera Cathedral of S.M. del Regno

there is a Roman bridge , a building was erected in Pisan- part of the road Turris Romanesque style with Lybissonis -Portus Nympharum Lombard influxes and with the (Porto Conte). Alghero was use of dark basalt blocks; it is founded in the 12 th century by characterised by a severe the Genoese family of Doria. structure and a square bell Necropolis of Anghelu Ruju In 1284 the Republic of Genoa Cathedral of S. Maria Necropolis of Sos Furrighesos tower. At the interior there are Church of S. M. Cea encircled the city with walls some noteworthy 17 th -century documented with the and 26 towers. For four Week). On Prassa del Bisbe the Late Neolithic (3200- frescoes on the columns and a Menta di Luzzanas . Among Necropolis of Anghelu Ruju . centuries Alghero was ruled there is the Civic Theatre , 2800 B.C.). The tombs were magnificent 16 th -century the most important Nuragic The most important evidence by the Catalan-Aragonese and inaugurated in 1862 and the decorated with petroglyphs, altarpiece made by the artist monuments there is Nuraghe of the Nuragic age is the by the Spanish, so that the only wooden theatre of bas-reliefs and graffiti of bull Giovanni Muru. S’Aspru , a quadrilobed village of Palmavera and the fortifications of the Ciutat Sardinia. Along Carrer Major horns and presents lots of structure enclosed by a village of Sant’Imbenia . The Vella correspond more or less (the main street) stands the architectonic elements: 04. • Church powerful bastion. name of the city comes from to those built by Ferdinand Convent dels Frares de Sant ceiling, columns, pillars, of S.M. di Cea the Latin “algarium” (a beach the Catholic in the 16 th Francesc (monastery of Saint pilaster strips, fireplaces. One of the most interesting 06. • Church covered with Posidonia century. The Portal de la Mar Francis) one of the most The Tomb IX (named sites of the village of Banari is of San Leonardo Oceanica ). The Roman age is leads to the square Piazza fascinating monuments of the “Sa tumba de su re”, the king’s the Romanesque church of The village of Bessude lies witnessed by the mine of Civica , the heart of the Late Gothic architecture in tomb) is characterised S.M. di Cea . This church was among oak-tree and olive Calabona , the Villa of Genoese and Catalan city. On Sardinia. The 80-km coastline by a moulded stele like the erected in Romanesque style woods at the foot of Monte Sant’Imbenia and the Lustral the square Piazza Duomo of Alghero is really important, one usually present in the by Tuscan workforces Pelao. The old town centre Sanctuary of Purissima ; the stands the cathedral of Santa stretching from Cala Bona to giants’ tombs. between the second half of keeps some nice alleys where

32 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 33 you can visit the church of Michele , which keeps some apse there are the remains of 12. • Church are a Neolithic necropolis the well-known Criltu Nieddu San Martino , built in the 17 th elements of the original a nuraghe and a village. of San Pietro di Simbranos and a nuraghe . In the valley (Black Christ), a wooden 4 th - century, and the 14 th -century Romanesque-Gothic The territory of Bulzi below the village stands the century crucifix that is the church of San Leonardo , an structure. From the village you 10. • Nuraghe 77includes one of the most Romanesque church of S.M. protagonist of the traditional interesting example of Late - can reach some really Sa Corona important examples of the di Contra , erected in the 11 th Holy Week rites. The Castle Gothic architecture. important naturalistic areas: Bottida keeps some remains Pisan-Romanesque century and that keeps a of Doria keeps its original Monte Rasu (m 1259), the of the Nuragic period, like architecture of Sardinia, the remarkable 17 th -century tower and some rooms where 07. • Necropolis forest of Sos Nibberos , with a Nuraghe Sa Corona , that church of San Pietro di altarpiece. is hosted the Museum of of Corona Moltana holly and century-old and yew dominates the village. Simbranos . Erected in the 12 th Mediterranean Weaving , The village of Bonnanaro is wood and the State forest of Its fertile territory presents century with the use of 15. • Rock which gathers traditional well-known because it gave its Monte Pisanu . lots of interesting naturalistic trachyte and limestone blocks, of the Elephant asphodel, palm and rush name to the first Late Bronze places, with majestic oak and it was part of a monastic Castelsardo is the main town objects. Along the state road Nuragic cultural facies (1800- 09. • Basilica of century-old olive trees. Also complex ruled by the of the Anglona region, built in to the village of , you 1600 B.C.) after the San Pietro di Sorres interesting is the church of Benedictine monks. a dominant position on the must visit the archaeological The village of Borutta is Frigiano bay and on the Gulf dominated by the rock of of . It was founded by Monte Sorrano , where the the Genoese family of Doria basilica of San Pietro di in 1102, then it was called Castelaragonese in 1448 and took the present name in 1767

Church of S. Martino Basilica of S. Pietro di Sorres Church of S. Saturnino Rock of the Elephant discovering of the necropolis Rosario , which keeps a 13. Burgos • Castle complex of Monte Ossoni , of Corona Moltana in 1889. beautiful 14 th -century crucifix. of Burgos with a pre-historical village The site includes five hypogea; The village of Burgos lies at protected by a megalithic wall, in the first the archaeologists 11. • Church the foot of the homonym and the monument called found the first intact Late Forest of Sos Nibberos of San Saturnino castle , built by the king Castle of Burgos “Roccia dell’Elefante ” (rock Bronze context of the island, One of the most important Gonario I di Torres in 1130. of the elephant), a trachyte composed of the remains of Sorres stands, one of the monuments of the territory of North-East of the village, in after the establishment of the rock eroded by the two buried human bodies, 18 jewels of the Romanesque the agro-pastoral village of the mountain locality of . The old atmospheric agents and used pots and a small bronze ring. architecture in Sardinia, Bultei is the church of San Foresta Burgos , you must visit town centre keeps the during the Neolithic age as a erected between the 11 th and Saturnino , erected in the big Nuraghe Costa , a structure of the medieval tomb; in one of the cells they 08. Bono • Forest the 12 th century. The facade is Romanesque style in the 12 th quadrilobed structure fortress . The harbour is also carved symbolic bull of Sos Nibberos characterised by the sequence century on the foundations surrounded by the village and defended by a 16 th -century horns. The village of Bono was of limestone and basalt of a nuraghe, and that was a big compound wall. Spanish tower . The cathedral founded in the Middle Ages decorations, elegant arcades the parish of the medieval of Sant’Antonio was built 16. • Necropolis and it was the main town of and lozenge or rose inlays. The village of Usolvisi . Nearby the 14. • Church during the 16 th century on a of Moseddu the Goceano region during the interior is characterised by the Baths of San Saturnino , of S.M. di Contra previous Romanesque church. The territory of Cheremule Spanish domination. At the majestic perspective that where the Roman settlement The territory of Cargeghe Towards the Rock you can includes the important centre of the village stands the alternates white and black of Lesa stood, there are the includes the locality of visit the 17 th -century church Neolithic necropolis of important church of San ashlars. In the area behind the remains of the Roman baths . S’Elighe Entosu , where there of Santa Maria , which keeps Moseddu , with eighteen

34 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 35 tombs, among which the so- 18. • Basilica some evidence of the Nuragic of a main tower and a bastion Middle Ages. The mountain There about sixty nuraghi and called Tomba Branca and of Saccargia age, like Nuraghe Ispiene , still with two lateral towers. localities of Frida and Sa ten Nuragic villages. East of Tomba della Cava that keeps Few kilometres far from in good conditions, and also Cariasa are characterised by the village stands the church their original carved the village of Codrongianos famous because in the 23. • Nuraghe Oes the presence of a wide of N.S. di Coros , whose decorations and petroglyph stands the basilica of surroundings the Inside the so-called “Valley of century-old oak wood. original Romanesque of human figures. The Saccargia , the most known archaeologists found the Nuraghi”, in the territory of structure dates back to the 13 th beautiful old town centre Romanesque church of biggest bronze statuette of Giave, stands one of the most 25. • Church century; it probably was the gathers around the church Sardinia, erected in 1116 on Sardinia representing a important monuments of of Santa Croce last Cistercian church in of San Gabriele Arcangelo , Pisan models by the king Nuragic boat. central Sardinia, Nuraghe The small village of Ittireddu Sardinia. built during the 16 th century. Costantino di Torres. Its Oes , a complex structure lies in a territory that was marvellous facade alternates 21. • Nuraghe known for the building densely inhabited since pre- 27. • Nuraghe 17. • Nuraghe basalt and limestone ashlars Erismanzanu characteristics of the central historical times. There are Columbras Ruiu to obtain a remarkable colour The territory of Esporlatu tower, which includes one about sixty Neolithic Laerru is a small village that The territory of Chiaramonti effects. At the interior, the keeps lots of evidence of the ogive-vaulted chamber that necropolises, like that of lies on a hill overlooking the apse is decorated with some Partulesi , San Giacomo and 13 th -century frescoes, a rare Monte Ruju . There also lots artistic proof of the of nuraghi, among which Romanesque age in Sardinia. the most important is

Necropolis of Moseddu Nuraghe Erismanzanu Nuraghe Oes Sanctuary of N.S. di Bonuighinu is rich in evidence from the Nuragic age, like the beautiful once was probably divided plain of the river Altana , pre-history to the Roman age. Nuraghe Erismanzanu , a into three floors by wooden where they found several Nuraghe Ruiu is the most Basilica of Saccargia single-tower monument in vaults. Church of N.S. di Coros traces of human settlements interesting monument: it very good conditions and dated back to the Lower presents a single-tower 19. • Church reachable through a country 24. • Necropolis Nuraghe Sa Funtana . In the Palaeolithic. On Monte structure in very good of S.M. Iscalas path that leaves from the of Molia village you can visit the small Ultana , North-East of the conditions. On the hill that The territory of the small mountain locality of Foresta The territory of Illorai keeps a church of Santa Croce , dated village, there are some overlooks the village there village of Cossoine is rich in Burgos. rich naturalistic and back to the 8 th century. The Neolithic necropolis, a giants’ are the ruins of the 13 th - archaeological sites. The most archaeological patrimony that Archaeological-Ethnografic tomb and a Nuragic temple. century Castle of Doria , important monument is the 22. • Nuraghe includes a portion of the valley Museum is hosted at the The most important nuraghe which was transformed into picturesque church of S.M. Corvos of the river Tirso . Nearby the Town Hall. is Nuraghe Columbras . a church in the 17 th century. Iscalas , built on the top of The territory of the village of state road S.S.129 there is the Along the road to Monte Sa Costanza by the Florinas keeps about ten noteworthy Neolithic 26. • Church 28. Mara • Sanctuary stands the Romanesque Camaldolese order on Late Neolithic necropolises and necropolis of Molia . Along of N.S. di Coros of N.S. di Bonuighinu church of S.M. Maddalena , Byzantine models in the 11 th thirty Nuragic towers, among the banks of the river Tirso The village of Ittiri lies at the In the territory of Mara there erected in 1205 with the use century. which Nuraghe Cantaru Ena , stands the bridge called Ponte foot of Monte San Giovanni are two sites of great of trachyte and sandstone in the outskirts of the village, Ezzu , whose original structure and its territory keeps lots of historical and artistic interest. blocks. 20. • Nuraghe Ispiene and Nuraghe Corvos , a dates back to the Roman age archaeological evidence from In the locality of Bonuighinu The village of Erula keeps complex structure composed but was restored during the Neolithic to the Middle Ages. stands the Sanctuary of

36 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 37 N.S. di Bonuighinu , erected 30. Monteleone Roccadoria of Monte Lacchesos , North- Edras . In the village you can village is witnessed by the 37. • Castle during the 18 th century as the • Church of Santo Stefano East of the village, and the visit the church of San elegant old town centre and of Malaspina parish church of a The village of Monteleone extraordinary dolmen of Sebastiano , built in the 17 th by some churches, like the The village of Osilo is disappeared village. Behind Roccadoria offers marvellous Sa Coveccada , a unique century and the church of 14 th - century church of dominated by a hill on the top the church there are the panoramas on Lake Temo and burial monument in Sardinia San Nicola , which stands on Assunta . Inside the oratory of which the Castle of grottoes of Filiestru and keeps the structure of the that is dated to the 3 rd the remains of the previous of San Filippo they keep Malaspina stands, erected of Sa Ucca ’e su Tintirriolu , original medieval hamlet. millennium B.C. parish church. three giant candles that are during the 13 th century. In the particularly important During the 13 th century it carried in procession during old town centre you can visit because the archaeologists belonged to the Genoese 32. Muros • Nuragic site 34. • Nuraghe Voes the great festival dedicated the church of Immacolata , found some materials family of Doria, who fortified it of Sa Turricula The territory of Nule includes to the Assunta. the church of Santa Croce attributed to a Middle and built a castle surrounded The territory of Muros numerous remains of the and the church of Rosario . Neolithic cultural phase by walls. At the centre of the includes the built-up area of Nuragic age, among which 36. Olmedo • Complex Also interesting is the 18 th - that is just called “Bonu village stands the Sa Turricula , which has a the remarkable Nuraghe Voes of Monte Baranta century Palazzo Vecchio , the Ighinu facies ”. Romanesque church of great importance from an that presents a central tower The territory of Olmedo is actual Town Hall. Santo Stefano , built in the 13 th characterized by the presence century. At the foot of Monte of numerous archaeological Minerva you can visit the sites, among which the most Palazzo of Minerva , a country important is the megalithic mansion erected by the Earl of complex of Monte Baranta ,

Church of S. Pantaleo Sa Coveccada Nuraghe Voes Necropolis of Noeddale

29. Martis • Church archaeological point of view enclosed by a trilobed bastion. 38. Ossi • Necropolis of San Pantaleo since the archaeologists found The village of Nule is very of Noeddale The most interesting some material attributable to well-known thanks to the Among the most important monument in the territory of Church of S. Stefano the first facies of the Middle production of typical carpets Complex of Monte Baranta sites of the territory of Ossi Martis is the remarkable Bronze Nuragic civilisation that are woven on old there are Nuraghe Sa Mandra church of San Pantaleo , Minerva between the 18 th and (1600-850 B.C.), just called vertical looms and that dated back to the pre-Nuragic ’e Sa Giua , the Neolithic erected by Genoese the 19 th century. “Sa Turricula”. The site present the typical framas age (2500-2000 B.C.). It necropolis of Noeddale and workforces in Gothic- includes also two nuraghi, a (vivid colour flames). includes an enclosure-tower, a the Neolithic necropolis Romanesque style during the 31. Mores • Dolmen village and a giants’ tomb. megalithic wall, a horseshoe- Mesu ’e Montes , which keep 13 th century. The territory of Sa Coveccada 35. • Sacred well shaped fortress, a sacred area carved bull horns, hourglass- includes also a portion of the The small village of Mores lies 33. Nughedu San Nicolò • of Irru with a megalithic circle and shaped figures and a moulded valley of the rio Altana, the in an area that was densely Necropolis of Pianu Edras There are numerous Nuragic some huts of the village. stele that is usually found in most important populated during the Roman The territory of Nughedu San towers in the territory of Nulvi, You must visit also the the giants’ tombs. At the foot Paleobotanical Bed of age because it was crossed by Nicolò was inhabited since the among which Nuraghe Orria . Neolithic necropolis of of Monte Corona ’e Teula Europe that keeps the the important road Turris Neolithic age, as attested by The most important Santu Pedru , a complex there is the Neolithic fascinating petrified forest of Lybissonis-Karales . Its the numerous necropolises, monument is the remarkable of tombs that keep the necropolis of S’Adde ’e Asile , Carucana , a conifer wood that territory keeps also some among which those of Su sacred well of Irru , entirely classical false-door with 13 tombs, among which was submerged by a lake 20 important pre-historical sites, Canale , S’Istria , Sas built with the use of limestone decorations and carved the so-called “Tomba million years ago. like the Neolithic necropolis Concheddas and Pianu ashlars. The noble past of the bull horn protomes. Maggiore” presents 21

38 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 39 chambers and is maybe the island. Erected in 1080, it was houses and buildings in visit also the Archaeological church of Sant’Antonio metres long. South of the biggest of Sardinia. destroyed by a fire and rebuilt Neoclassical and Liberty style. and Paleobotanic Museum , Abate , built in the 12 th century Corso stands the basilica of in Romanesque style by Arab, You can visit the church of which keeps some Miocene but remodelled during the San Gavino , one of the first 39. Ozieri • Basilica of Lombard and Pisan Santa Sabina , first built during fossils coming from the Aragonese domination. Pisan-Romanesque churches Sant’Antioco di Bisarcio workforces between 1150 and the 16 th century, and the petrified forest of Carrucana of the island. It was built At the southern outskirts of 1160. church of Rosario , in Gothic- and a small 4 th -millennium- 44. • during the 12 th century on a Ozieri there is one of the most Aragonese style. There are B.C. statue of Mother Archaeological Area Pre-Christian chapel that kept important sites of pre- 40. • Church of numerous archaeological Goddess . Inside the church of of Turris Lybissonis the remains of the martyrs historical Sardinia, the grotto Santa Giulia remains in the territory, like Madonna degli Angeli is kept The human presence in the Gavino, Proto and Gianuario. of San Michele , where in 1914 The small village of Padria lies Nuraghe Lerno , on the shore the sumptuous altarpiece of territory of Porto Torres dates The harbour is protected by a they brought to light on the remains of a Punic of the homonyms lake and San Giorgio with 52 parts, the back to the pre-history, as big Aragonese tower . Along numerous findings which gave settlement and of the Roman composed of a central tower biggest of Sardinia and made attested by the great number the state road S.S.131 towards the name of “Culture of San city of Gurulis Vetus , in an area and a bastion with two lateral by an anonymous painter in of nuraghi and Bronze-age Sassari, a dirty road leads to Michele” or “of Ozieri ” to the densely characterized by towers. is famous the 16 th century. villages. It is certain that the the Neolithic necropolis of Neolithic necropolises and city of Turris Lybissonis was nuraghi. At the centre of the founded in 46 B.C. by some village stands the beautiful Roman colons. From the city 16 th -century church of Santa left one of the most important

Basilica of S. Antioco di Bisarcio Petrified forest of Carrucana Church of S. Michele di Salvenero Aragonese tower

3rd -millennium-B.C. Sardinian thanks to the traditional craft 43. • Church of Su Crucifissu Mannu , with 22 civilisation. The territory is of the clasp knife known as San Michele di Salvenero tombs dated back to the 4 th characterised by the presence Church of S. Giulia “resolza pattadesa ”. The territory of Ploaghe keeps Palazzo di Re Barbaro millennium B.C. and carved of 120 nuraghi, among which some interesting Nuragic inside a limestone outcrop. the most important is Giulia , in Gothic-Aragonese 42. • Sacred well monuments and numerous Roman roads of the island Nuraghe Burghidu . In the old style and characterized by a of Predio Canopoli medieval churches, among towards Caralis (). The 45. • town centre you can visit the finely-worked portal The village of Perfugas lies in which the oratory of Santa archaeological area of Turris Nuraghe Alvu fountain Grixoni (1882), the surmounted by a big six- an area that is among the first Croce and that of Rosary , Lybissonis keeps some The territory of cathedral of Immacolata pointed-star rose window. to be inhabited in Sardinia, as which keep some precious remarkable monuments, Pozzomaggiore presents (1848) and the former Next to the church there is attested by the finding of wooden altars. The church of among which the thermal several Nuragic monuments, monastery of San Francesco the 19 th -century Monte stone tools dated back to the San Pietro keeps a 17 th - baths . The most important is among which the noteworthy (16 th century) that now hosts Granatico that now hosts the Lower Palaeolithic. There are century choir and a called “ Palazzo di Re Nuraghe Alvu , characterized the Archaeological Museum . Archaeological Museum . lots of nuraghi in the territory. Longobardic font. Towards the Barbaro ” that still keeps the by a main two-colour tower From the state road S.S.597 to At the centre of the village state road S.S.131 stands the big tubs, the frigidarium , the that keeps its original ogive Sassari you can reach the 41. Pattada • Nuraghe there is a beautiful example of church of San Michele di tepidarium and the calidarium vault. A bastion encloses an basilica of Sant’Antioco di Lerno a Nuragic sacred well, the Salvenero , built in the 12 th decorated with magnificent inner courtyard. The old town Bisarcio , one of the most The village of Pattada keeps a Predio Canopoli , built with century with a Latin ground mosaics. Not far from the area centre of the village is very important monuments of the nice old town centre the use of finely-worked plan and three apses. Some you can visit a Roman bridge , nice, with 19 th -century houses medieval architecture in the characterized by granite limestone ashlars. You can hundred metres far stands the with seven arcades and 135 and some churches. The

40 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 41 church of San Giorgio is the variety of minerals and the Cagliari. In the Middle Ages it Romanesque portal. At the erected in Neoclassical style collection , with findings from most interesting: it was built in richness of the pre-historical was registered with the name interior there is the Gothic- in the 19 th century, and the pre-history to the Dark Ages, Gothic-Aragonese style. In evidence. North-East of the of “ Tàtari ” in the Condaghe di Aragonese chapel of important cathedral of San among which numerous the outskirts of the village village stands the country San Pietro di Silki , a monastic Muratori and some other Nicola . First built in the 13 th Nuragic bronze statuettes stands the church of San church of San Lussorio , register written in 1131. In 1294 chapels that belong to the century, the cathedral was and some stone statuettes Costantino , built in Neo- surrounded by some old it became a free municipality, medieval and Spanish guilds remodelled in Gothic- representing Mother Goddess. Romanesque style in 1923 and fountains and where an the only one in the island, and of arts and crafts. From Porta Aragonese style in the 15 th The Ethnographic collection where an exciting horse race important festival takes promulgated the town Utzeri, following Corso century. Palazzo Ducale , the presents traditional costumes (ardia ) takes place. place in July. regulation called “ Statuti Margherita di Savoia, you actual town hall, looks onto and textile works, ceramics, Sassaresi ”. In 1330 the reach the Archbishop’s jewels and Sardinian chests. 46. • Necropolis Aragonese built a castle , with palace . The University The Art gallery gathers of Monte Siseri walls and a moat. In 1479 it Building looks onto the paintings from the 14 th century One of the most important passed in the hands of the Giardini Pubblici , made to the contemporary age. On sites in the territory of Spanish crown that raised it to around 1870. Beyond Piazza Via delle Croci stands the

Church of Madonna delle Grazie Museum “G.A. Sanna”

48. • Piazza del ; it was Church of Madonna delle built at the end of the 18 th Grazie century by the Duke of Church of S. Lussorio The small village of Santa Piazza S. Antonio Cathedral of S. Nicola Asinara. Following the Corso, Monte d’Accoddi Maria Coghinas, not far from you can reach Piazza Putifigari lies at the foot of Lake Castel Doria , became an a royal city . The visit of the old Castello begin the old Castello . In April 2008, nearby church of San Pietro di Silki , Monte Siseri , where there is autonomous municipality in town centre begins from Porta southern walls that lead to the the same square they brought erected in the 12 th century, the homonym Neolithic 1983. In the village you can Sant’Antonio , the entrance Politeama Giuseppe Verdi , to to light the remains of the which keeps a venerated 14 th - necropolis that includes visit the beautiful Romanesque door of the medieval town, the church of Carmelo and to Aragonese castle , destroyed century statue of the Vergine four big tombs, one of which, church of Madonna delle where the medieval tower of Porta Rosello , where the 17 th - at the end of the 19 th century delle Grazie . Along the state called “Tomb of the painted Grazie , with a Gothic facade. Sant’Antonio stands. The century church of Trinità because it was the symbol of road S.S.131 towards Porto architecture”, is of particularly From the thermal baths of close church of Sant’Antonio stands. Next to the church, a the Spanish domination and Torres, you must visit the interest thanks to its in-relief Castel Doria leaves a naturalistic Abate , built in the 14 th century, flight of steps leads to the of the Inquisition. Through the important site of Monte and painted decorations. route that among was completely modified fountain of Rosello , a Portici of Bargone and Crispo d’Accoddi : it is a sort of At the centre of the village Mediterranean scrub and an during the Baroque age. grandiose square marble you can enter the beautiful ziggurat sanctuary that dates you can visit the church of oak wood leads to the Castle Nearby Porta Utzeri stands fountain that was made in square Piazza d’Italia , the back to the 4 th -3 rd millennium N.S. de S’Ena Frisca , first of Doria . the church of Santa Maria di 1606 and is one of the symbols heart of the 19 th -century and B.C. 10 m high and 40 m long, built in the 16 th century. Betlem , erected in 1106 by the of the city. From Piazza modern Sassari. Following Via it was probably used for 49. Sassari • Main king of Torres Costantino and Sant’Antonio you can enter Roma, you can visit the collective sacred rites, with 47. Romana • Church Monuments that keeps the big church the heart of the old town. You National Museum “Giovanni animal sacrifices. Near the of San Lussorio Sassari is the main centre of candles used during the can visit the Baroque church Antonio Sanna” , one of the entrance stair there are some The village of Romana lies on northern Sardinia and the traditional procession of of Sant’Andrea , the former most important museums of menhirs, a mysterious round a volcanic hill and in fact its second most populated and Candelieri on 14 th August. The 17 th -century monastery of the island. It presents a rock and the remains of some territory is well-know for the important city in Sardinia after facade presents a beautiful Scolopi and the Civic Theatre , remarkable Archaeological rectangular rocks.

42 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 43 50. • Necropolis are witnessed by the presence, of Santa Croce . Along the can visit the church of Tonnara , nearby the northern shepherds and fishers. During of Sa Rocca near the church of San road that from leads to Cappuccini , which keeps a inlet named Portu Mannu . World War I the island The village of Sedini was Basilio , of the 4 th -millennium- Ardara, stands the small miraculous statue of the North of the village, beyond became the prison for the founded in the Middle Ages B.C. Neolithic necropolis structure of the church of Virgin called Noli me tollere . Punta Negra , stretches the Austro-Hungarian soldiers. In and keeps a fascinating old of Beneficio Parrocchiale , S.M. di Bubalis , or N.S. di The old town centre gathers Rada of Fornelli , one of the the eighties of last century the town centre. The village is with 11 tombs. The old town Mesumundu , one of the around the quarter of most fascinating places of Italian State built a maximum known for the Neolithic centre is really picturesque: oldest Christian temples of Bicocca , which keeps the Sardinia. Here there is the security prison that was closed necropolis of Sa Rocca , it includes Palattu Ezzu , a the island. Erected in structure of the medieval well-known beach of La when they created the carved inside an impressive rock transformed into a Byzantine style on a Roman hamlet. Another interesting Pelosa , a marvellous shore of National Park in 1997. limestone outcrop looking baronial house in 1638. thermal bath around the 7 th monument is the fountain of white sand and a low and blue onto the valley of Baldana. In the territory of century, it was modified by the Billellera , dated back to the sea. On a islet defending the 55. Tergu • Church of The tombs were used as a there is the interesting giants’ Benedictine monks in 1063. 16 th century and once supplied harbour stands the imposing N.S. di Tergu prison during the Spanish tomb of Oridda , that was On the top of Monte Santu by four sources. The Baronial tower of Pelosa , built by the In the agricultural village of domination and then as a carved inside a rock just like there is the church of building look onto the Corso: Aragonese in 1578. The Tergu stands the beautiful the domus de janas but territory of includes presents a stele and the also the National park of exedra usually found in the Asinara , a unique giants’ tombs. environment in the

Domus de janas of Sa Rocca Fountain of Billellera Tower of Pelosa Church of N.S. di Tergu house. In the village you can Sant’Elia and Enoch , erected it was built by the Amat family church of N.S. di Tergu , a also visit the church of by the Cassinese order on a and today hosts a cultural jewel of the Romanesque Sant’Andrea , built in Gothic- Church of S.M. di Bubalis previous Byzantine church centre. Tower of Pelosa architecture built in 1225 as a Aragonese style in 1517 and in1065. part of a Benedictine then modified in the 18 th -19 th 52. Siligo • Church 54. Stintino • Tower Mediterranean area. The monastery, of which poor century. In the valley of of S.M. di Bubalis 53. • Fountain of Pelosa island of Asinara was remains are left. The facade is Silanos there are the remains The village of Siligo lies in a of Billellera Lying along the eastern edge inhabited since the Neolithic really remarkable thanks to its of the church of San Nicola , territory where the intense Sorso is one of the main of the peninsula that closes age, as attested bye the rose window and limestone erected by the Benedictine activity of the volcanoes of villages of the territory named the , the village necropolis of Campu Perdu . inlaying. Some of the monks in the 12 th century and the Meilogu region is “Romangia”. Its old origins of Stintino was founded in The Romans called the island fascinating rites of the Holy one of the best examples of witnessed by the basaltic date back to the pre-historical 1885 by some families of Herculis Insula and Sinuaria, Week of Castelsardo take the Romanesque architecture plateau of Monte Santu , by age, as attested by numerous fishers that had been from which comes the actual place at this church. in Sardinia. the flows of Monte Sa Figu , of archaeological sites, among evacuated from the island name meaning “island with Monte Ruju and Monte which the most important is of Asinara where the Italian lots of inlets”. During the 56. • Necropolis 51. Sennori • Necropolis Pescia . In the old town centre the sacred well of Serra State built a prison and a l Middle Ages the Camaldolese of Mandra Antine of Beneficio Parrocchiale of the village you can visit the Niedda . During the eper hospital. Today Stintino order built a monastery of The territory of Thiesi was The village of Sennori lies in church of Santa Vittoria , built Aragonese domination, in the is one of the most famous which poor remains are left. inhabited since the Neolithic a panoramic position on the in the 15 th century, and the 15 th century, it was a seat of a Mediterranean tourist resorts. Afterwards the island was age, as attested by the gulf of Asinara. Its old origins adjacent 17 th -century oratory baronial seat. Entering the You must visit the Museum of populated by Corsican presence of the necropolis of village from the coastline, you 44 Sardegna Virtual Archaeology Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 45 Mandra Antine : the most Vittoria were both erected ground-floor chamber is the church of N.S. della Neolithic necropolis of thermal baths of Casteldoria , important tomb is in Pisan-Romanesque style circumscribed by an imposing Pazienza , where the Chercos , with a moulded already used by the Romans. characterized by several and then modified during corridor, whose marvellous archaeologists found two stele usually found in the The village stretches decorations and carved bull the 17 th century. vaults are a perfect example of Nuragic sacred wells and giants’ tombs that was carved westwards of the protomes. The village was the Nuragic building some Roman structures. in the rock. The remains Romanesque church of San founded during the Roman 58. Torralba • Nuraghe technique, assembling big On the right of the road to of the Romanesque church Giovanni (11 th century). You age. Along the main street Santu Antine blocks without the use of any Ittiri there is the interesting of San Giorgio di Oleastreto can also visit the stands the church of Santa The territory of Torralba mortar similarly to the megalithic circle of Monte are really fascinating: the Archaeological Museum , Vittoria , erected in Gothic- keeps lots of remains of the Mycenaean cyclopic building Dominigu , where they temple was built in the 12 th with findings coming from the Aragonese style in the 16 th Nuragic age. The plain that techniques. You must also brought to light some Late century as the parish church Nuragic village and from the century. In the southern stretches east of the village is visit the Museum of the Neolithic pottery. Along of a medieval village. Punic-Roman necropolis of outskirts of the village, on a hill called “ Valley of Nuraghi ” Valley of Nuraghi , with an the same road stand the San Leonardo . Lago that looks onto the valley, you because during the Bronze archaeological and an imposing and fascinating 62. • Mouth Casteldoria is dominated by can visit the sanctuary of the Age it included almost 30 ethnographic collection. remains of the Romanesque of the river Coghinas , the rock on which the kings of Nuragic towers. Today there The village of Valledoria lies are still some in very good close to the mouth of the conditions, among which river Coghinas , in an area Nuraghe Santu Antine , where the Roman city of

Church of S. Vittoria Church of N.S. di Coros Abbey of S.M. di Paulis Necropolis of Puttu Codinu

Madonna di Seunis , built 59. Tula • Church abbey of S.M. di Paulis : built Gallura built the castle of during the 18 th century and of N.S. di Coros by the Cistercian monks in Doria in the 12 th century. where a great festival takes Nuraghe S. Antine During the Nuragic age, the 1205, it was abandoned during Church of S. Giovanni place on 8 th September. territory of Tula was densely the 15 th century. 64. • probably the most fascinating inhabited thanks to its Codes lied. Recently the Necropolis of 57. • Nuragic nuraghe of the island and one strategic position. The church 61. • Necropolis village has become a well- Puttu Codinu hypogeum of Sas Puntas of the best megalithic of Sant’Elena keeps a of S’Elighe Entosu known tourist resort and The village of Villanova The agricultural village monuments in the beautiful altarpiece called The village of Usini was offers many services and e Monteleone presents a nice of Tissi was founded in the Mediterranean area. Erected “Polittico della Trinità”. founded in 1150, when some receptive structures. Its old town centre with the Middle Ages. One of the between the 10 th and the 7 th Westwards, not far from the Cistercian monks of the beaches look onto the gulf church of San Leonardo da most interesting pre-historic century B.C., it is made of a village, stands the Abbey of Paulis built the of Asinara , with enchanting Limoges , built in the 17 th monuments of its territory is central tower surrounded by a Romanesque church of N.S. church of N.S. ’e S’Ena Frisca views on the Rock of century, the oratory of Santa the Nuragic hypogeum of triangular bastion with three di Coros , built during the 12 th (today called church of Castelsardo. Croce and the church of Sas Puntas , which presents other towers at the corners century. Santa Croce ). Along the road Rosario . Along the road from the typical stele of the giants’ and that form an inner to the village of Uri, you can 63. • Padria to Monteleone tombs carved in the rock. courtyard with a 20-m-deep 60. Uri • Abbey visit the Neolithic necropolis Archaeological area Roccadoria, you must visit the At the centre of the village, water well. The central tower of S.M. di Paulis of S’Elighe Entosu , with eight of San Leonardo Neolithic necropolis of Puttu the church of Sant’Anastasia keeps intact its two The old town centre of the tombs. Not far from the At the entry of the village of Codinu , with nine tombs and the church of Santa superimposed chambers. The village of Uri gathers around railway station there is the Viddalba there are the dated back from 3500 B.C. •

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LIST OF GUIDES

CAGLIARITANO OGLIASTRA TERRITORY TERRITORY Basilica Nuragic complex of of San Saturnino | Cagliari S’Arcu ’e Is Forros Archaeological area Villagrande Strisaili of Sant’Eulalia | Cagliari The harbour and the coastal towers of Arbatax | Tortolì

SULCIS0IGLESIENTE TERRITORY NUORESE Necropolis of TERRITORY Is Pirixeddus | S. Antioco Castle Archaeological area of Fava | Posada of Monte Sirai | Carbonia Giants’ tomb of S’Ena ’e Thomes | Dorgali

MEDIO CAMPIDANO TERRITORY SASSARESE Nuragic village TERRITORY of Su Nuraxi | Barumini Necropolis of Castle of Monreale | Sardara Sant’Andrea Priu | Bonorva Church and monastery of San Nicola di Trullas | Semestene ORISTANESE TERRITORY Archaeological area GALLURA of Tharros | Cabras TERRITORY Roman baths Megalithic Circles of Forum Traiani | Fordongianus of Li Muri | The area of the basilicas Baldu’s of Cornus-Columbaris | Cuglieri Palace | Sardegna Virtual Archaeology 49