Nuraghe

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archaeological site type fortification megalithic structure tower

A nuraghe is a type of ancient megalithic stone tower-fortress found primarily in Sardinia, Italy, dating back to the Bronze Age and associated with the Nuragic civilization.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Nuragic architecture 3
Nuraghe canonical 1
Nuraghi in Sardinia 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site type ⓘ
fortification ⓘ
megalithic structure ⓘ
tower ⓘ
architecturalStyle megalithic ⓘ
associatedWith Nuragic civilization ⓘ
builtFrom large roughly worked stones ⓘ
constructionTechnique dry stone masonry ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
culture Nuragic civilization ⓘ
earliestConstructionDate circa 18th century BCE ⓘ
estimatedCount over 7000 sites identified ⓘ
etymologyHypothesis possibly from Proto-Sardinian or pre-Indo-European root ⓘ
foundInRegion central Sardinia ⓘ
Gallura ⓘ
surface form: northern Sardinia

southern Sardinia ⓘ
function community center ⓘ
defensive structure ⓘ
religious or ritual site ⓘ
residential complex ⓘ
hasFeature bastions ⓘ
central tower ⓘ
corbelled vaults ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ
spiral staircases ⓘ
surrounding village ⓘ
thick stone walls ⓘ
hasSubType complex nuraghe ⓘ
corridor nuraghe ⓘ
protonuraghe ⓘ
simple nuraghe ⓘ
languageOfName Sardinian ⓘ
latestMainConstructionDate circa 8th century BCE ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
notableExampleLocatedIn Barumini ⓘ
planType centralized tower plan ⓘ
complex multi-tower plan ⓘ
pluralForm nuraghi ⓘ
region Mediterranean Basin ⓘ
researchField Mediterranean archaeology ⓘ
roofType corbelled dome ⓘ
shape truncated conical tower ⓘ
significance symbol of Sardinian prehistoric architecture ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteExample Su Nuraxi di Barumini ⓘ
uniqueTo Sardinia ⓘ
usedDuringPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Su Nuraxi di Barumini → category → Nuraghe ⓘ
Nuragic civilization → knownFor → Nuraghe ⓘ
this entity surface form: nuraghes
Santa Cristina sacred well → architecturalStyle → Nuraghe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuragic architecture
Tomba dei Giganti di Coddu Vecchiu → architecturalStyle → Nuraghe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuragic architecture
Nuraghe Losa → architecturalStyle → Nuraghe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuragic architecture
Nuraghe Losa → planType → Nuraghe ⓘ
this entity surface form: complex nuraghe
Nuraghe Arrubiu → belongsToCategory → Nuraghe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nuraghi in Sardinia