Sardinia - Interactive Map of Megalithic Archaeological Sites

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http://nurnet.crs4.it/nurnetgeo/

Legend :

Orange dots : Single tower Nuraghe (megalithic towers built in Sardinia and southern Corsica from 1800 to 1100 b.C., there are still 7000 of these towers in Sardinia)
Red dots : Corridor Nuraghe or Proto-Nuraghe (it's the prototype of the Nuraghe)
Dark red dots : Complex Nuraghe (composed by a main tower surrounded by other towers connected by fortified walls, like a medieval castle)
Dark Green dots : Dolmens
Light Green dots : Domus de Janas ("houses of fairies", they are tombs carved into the rock from 3400 to 2800 b.C. ; over 2400 domus have been discovered)
Yellow Dots : Tumbas de Gigantes ("tombs of giants", they are collective megalithic tombs of the Nuragic culture, built in the shape of a bull head)
Pink dots : Menhir
Blue dots : Prehistoric villages
Light blue dots : Cult of Waters (sacred wells / sources; temples dedicated to the cult of waters built by the Nuragic culture)
Grey dots : unverified sites
White dots : unique sites

Single tower Nuraghe

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Corridor Nuraghe

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Complex Nuraghe

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Recontructions based upon scale models found in the archaeological excavations (the external walls were over 10 metres high, while the main bastion about 15 metres and the central tower from 20 to 25 metres).





Stone shelves that crowned the top of every Nuraghe

Sardinian dolmens

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Sardinian menhir

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Domus de Janas

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Tumbas de Gigantes

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Sacred Wells / Sources

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