The Nuragic village of "Su Nuraxi"- Barumini


The Nuragic village of Nuraxi lies about 1 Km from Barumini and is one of Sardinia's most famous monuments.
The keep, or central tower, is protected by the surrounding, quatre-foiled bastions, with a courtyard and well in the centre.

The entire structure is then encircled by the imposing defence walls with their five towers. Outside the walls, 50 huts spread out to form the village. Among these primitive dwellings there is also that of the chief, as well as designated areas linked to specific domestic and sacred activities.

Visitors can still easily identify ovens, wells and open hearths for fires, all of which are evidence of a complex social system. The settlement was inhabited from the end of the XV century B.C. up until the Roman Era and had an important strategic and defensive role to play.