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Nuraghe Morette
DatedEst. 1900–730 BCE
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Nuraghe Morette is a nuraghe in the territory of Siligo, Sardinia, Italy, not far from the provincial road linking Siligo with Ardara. It belongs to the Nuragic civilization and is placed by a typological estimate between 1900 and 730 BCE.
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Nuraghe Morette
It is a simple nuraghe, made up of a stair, a niche in the entrance passage and a chamber with a tholos vault.
DescriptionSources for this section
- Wikipedia (Italian): Nuraghe MoretteCC BY-SA 4.0
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- Wikipedia (Italian): Nuraghe MoretteCC BY-SA 4.0
It is a simple nuraghe, made up of a stair, a niche in the entrance passage and a chamber with a tholos vault. The tower has a circular plan, with a diameter at the base of 14,40 m, and reaches a maximum height of 5,93 m on the east side and 4,40 m on the south-east.
ContextSources for this section
- Wikipedia (Italian): Nuraghe MoretteCC BY-SA 4.0
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- Wikipedia (Italian): Nuraghe MoretteCC BY-SA 4.0
The nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic building in Sardinia and has become the symbol of the island and of its Nuragic civilization. Nuraghi were built during the Nuragic Age, between 1900 and 730 BCE. More than 7,000 have been found, and archaeologists believe that originally there were more than 10,000. A nuraghe has the outer shape of a truncated conical tower, rather like a medieval tower, with a tholos-like vault inside.
Tradition and region
About this kind of monument
Sardinian nuraghi
The nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic building in Sardinia, and it has become the symbol of the island and of its Nuragic civilization. They were built during the Nuragic Age, between 1900 and 730 BCE. More than 7,000 have been found, and archaeologists believe that originally there were more than 10,000. A nuraghe has the outer shape of a truncated conical tower, rather like a medieval tower, with a tholos-like vault inside.
The finest is Su Nuraxi at Barumini, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. Its oldest part is a central tower with three superposed chambers, 18.6 metres high, built of basalt blocks between the seventeenth and thirteenth centuries BCE. In the Late Bronze Age four corner towers joined by a curtain wall were added, and a village grew around it, inhabited from the thirteenth to the sixth century BCE. Scholars consider it the most impressive expression of the Nuragic civilization.
There is no consensus on what the nuraghi were for: rulers' residences, military strongholds, meeting halls, temples and ordinary dwellings have all been proposed. The Nuragic civilization lasted from the eighteenth century BCE until the Iron Age or the beginning of Roman colonisation in 238 BCE, and building of nuraghi had stopped by the twelfth or eleventh century BCE. Its origins are disputed: the traditional theory of Giovanni Lilliu, from 1966, saw migrants related to the Beaker culture, while others argue for local development. Even the word nuraghe has an uncertain and disputed etymology.
Many nuraghi have never been excavated, and their dates are inferred from their form.
When visiting, look for the stone courses, the entrance corridor, and the village of huts that often surrounds the tower.
Paraphrased from Wikipedia: Nuraghe, Wikipedia: Nuragic civilization, Wikipedia: Su Nuraxi · CC BY-SA 4.0
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What the evidence supports
Dates
Est. 1900–730 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical range for nuraghes in Italy; this site has not been dated itself. The nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice of Sardinia developed during the Nuragic Age between 1900 and 730 BC.Source for this date
Where it stands
Italy
The pin marks the monument itself — its exact point.
- Coordinates
- 40°36′21″ N, 8°44′18″ EFor a GPS or map app: 40.60596, 8.73826
Access is as our sources describe it; we have not visited the site to check.
Nearby
The closest sites in the Atlas, by straight line.
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- 01Wikidata Q47491993wikidata.org
- 02Source for this dateen.wikipedia.org
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Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Nuraghe Morette" (Italian), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; authors are listed in the page history. Reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikipedia · Edit history and authors
- Wikipedia (Italian): Nuraghe MoretteCC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q47491993CC0