The nuraghe Seruci is an important archaeological site, located in the municipality of

Gonnesa Gonnesa is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about west of Cagliari and about northwest of Carbonia, in the Iglesiente subregion. The town was refounded in the late 18th centu ...

, in the

Iglesiente The Iglesiente is a traditional and geographical subdivision of Sardinia, Italy. It encompasses the northern province of Carbonia-Iglesias and the south-western one of the province of Medio Campidano, and its main center is Iglesias. Languages ...

region of

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The nuraghe

The

nuraghe The nuraghe (, ; plural: Logudorese Sardinian , Campidanese Sardinian , Italian ), or also nurhag in English, is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardinia, developed during the Nuragic Age between 1900 and 730 B.C. ...

is of the complex type, it consists of a central tower surrounded by five other towers, some of which are in good condition. The towers have their summit collapsed but originally their tops were crowned with

battlements A battlement in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (i.e., a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at interva ...

stone In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included, its Chemical compound, chemical composition, and the way in which it is formed. Rocks ...

. From the nuraghe, being located in a hill of strategic importance, is possible to observe the entire surrounding area.

The village

The nuraghe is surrounded by a village, one of the largest in Sardinia, with about a hundred and fifty huts grouped in "residential areas" divided by narrow streets. The settlements covers 7 hectares, the huts are circular and in some of them is possible to see the use of architectural solutions that are rarely found in the other nuraghic villages; for example the use of partition walls inside of the huts and the addition of other environments of varying shape around the usual living environment. At the center of the village is located a hut of vast size that probably was the meeting hut of the community. Near the village and the nuraghe are also present at least three

giants' tomb Giants' tomb (Italian: '' Tomba dei giganti'', Sardinian: ''Tumba de zigantes'' / ''gigantis'') is the name given by local people and archaeologists to a type of Sardinian megalithic gallery grave built during the Bronze Age by the Nuragic civi ...

, the typical burials of nuragic Sardinia.

Bibliography

*A. Taramelli, ''Gonnesa - Indagini nella cittadella nuragica di Seruci (Cagliari)'', in ''Monumenti antichi della Reale Accademia dei Lincei'', XXIX, 1917; *V. Santoni-G. Bacco, ''L'isolato A del villaggio nuragico di Seruci-Gonnesa. Lo scavo della capanna 5'', in ''Un millennio di relazioni tra la Sardegna e i paesi del Mediterraneo'', Cagliari, 1987; *V. Santoni-G. Bacco, ''L'isolato A del villaggio nuragico di Seruci-Gonnesa: lo scavo dei vani 3 e 6'', in ''Quaderni della Soprintendenza Archeologica per le province di Cagliari e Oristano'', 5, 1988.

External links

SardegnaCultura.it - Gonnesa, Complesso di Seruci
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