Historical story

Nuraghi:a beautiful Sardinian mystery

Nuraghe. The nuraghi are still a mystery today

The nuraghi constitute the greatest and most fascinating mystery of Sardinia historical.

But what were these imposing constructions in reality and what were they for in stone of which the island is scattered (about 7,000 have been counted)?

Most of the nuraghi have a truncated cone shape , a diameter of 8-10 meters and a height of 10-20, although some reach 30; date back to a period between 1800 and 1100 BC

So far the certainties, the objective data, everything else concerns the field of hypotheses: to this day, in fact, scholars are not in agreement on the function that the nuraghi had to perform in the past.

Simple homes? Sheepfolds? Temples? Towers? Astronomical observatories even?

Many conjectures but no certain conclusions, even if perhaps the most probable thesis, among the many formulated, is the one that sees in the nuraghi of military structures ; perhaps they had the role of defense of the community, allowing to spot any possible danger in time and to gather the inhabitants inside in case of need.

In short, absolute mystery, apart from the certainty of the indisputable charm of millenary finds that deserve to be seen and, who knows for how long, studied.