Nuraghe Santu Antine

Local nameNuraghe Santu Antine
LocationSassari, Italy

Santu Antine, also known as Sa domo de su re is a nuraghe in Torralba, one of the largest in Sardinia. It is located in the centre of the Cabu Abbas plain. The main structure was built around the 19-18th century BC, and the other parts of the nuraghe date back to the 17th–15th century BC. The main tower originally reached a height of 23–24 metres and contains three tholoi chambers on top of each other. The central tower with diameter of 15 metres is 17 metres high. Santu Antine is made of huge basalt blocks. It has three floors. The top floor is now gone. Some 27 meters long corridors built with the corbel arch technique can be observed inside of the Nuraghe, superimposed on two floors, the Nuraghe was provided with three wells.Near the Nuraghe lie the remains of a Nuragic village.

The nuraghe has also been studied several times from an archaeoastronomic point of view, and these studies have shown how its structure is oriented following the solstices.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuraghe_Santu_Antine

Official Website https://www.nuraghesantuantine.it/

Email nuraghes.antine@tiscali.it

Phone +39 079 847481

Address 07048, Italy

Coordinates 40°29'11.543" N 8°46'11.182" E

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