nuraghe
tower
Also known as: nuraghi
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Bronze Age art
Sardinia
- In Sardinia: Prehistoric and Phoenician settlement
Most nuraghi are quite small, but a few are obviously fortresses. There is also a nuraghic village near Dorgali with traces of about 80 buildings identified. Expert opinion now dates the nuraghi to about 1500 to 400 bce.
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Western architecture
- In Western architecture: Sardinia and Corsica
…civilization is characterized by the nuraghi, round towers that may occur alone or form the centre of complex fortified arrangements. About 7,000 of them, dating from about 1500 to 1100 bce, have been discovered on different parts of the island. They are efficiently and skillfully constructed defensive fortresses, the interior…
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