nuraghe Santu Sciori

Nuraghe Santu Sciori is a nuraghe in the municipality of Pabillonis in Sardinia, Italy. It is also known as Santu Luxori in the Sardinian language and San Lussorio in Italian. The structure was made in the mid-Bronze Age, between 1600 BCE and 1300 BCE, and covers an area of 2,400 square meters.

The nuraghe was built entirely from basaltic rocks. It has a complex structure with a polylobate bastion and towers underground. Skeletal remains found near the site indicate the presence of a necropolis. A church dedicated to St. Lussorio was erected above it in 1970, while a second ancient church stands nearby above another small nuraghe.

The 19th-century historian Vittorio Angius described Nuraghe Santu Sciori as important among the big nuraghes of Sardinia. Its dating is based on stylistic assessment, placing it in the mid-Bronze Age.

Nuraghes are the main type of ancient megalithic building in Sardinia and have become a symbol of the island and its Nuragic civilization. More than 7,000 have been found, and archaeologists believe that originally there were more than 10,000. They generally take the form of a truncated conical tower with a tholos-like vault inside and were built during the Nuragic Age, between 1900 and 730 BCE.

The nuraghe was made entirely from basaltic rocks, having a complex structure with a polylobate bastion and towers underground. Above it there is a church erected in 1970 in honor of St. Lussorio. Near there is another ancient church below which there is another small nuraghe.