The Sacred Well of Santa Cristina and the Losa Nuraghe

The Sacred Well of Santa Cristina is situated on the Abbasanta plateau, immediately after the town of Paulilatino, and can be easily reached from the SS 131 road.

The entire geographical area is rich in monuments and archaeological remains.
The Nuraghic village is particularly interesting and contains the Sacred Well of Santa Cristina. It is one of about forty present in the island, but it is the most important because of its excellent state of preservation and aesthetic design.

The well dates back to the Bronze Age (XI-X century B.C.) and still contains water today. It was built in stone bricks, which were skilfully cut and assembled into a conic-trunk shape.


This type of temple-well design is characterised by a water source, covered by an underground chamber, similar to an underground Nuraghe, at the bottom of which lies the well. Access to the well is from a stone staircase, in front of which there is a rectangular area, presumably used as a place of worship.
Further along the SS 131 road, about 3 km south of Abbasanta, visitors should not miss the Losa Nuraghe, one of the most representative archaeological remains on the island.

It is a trilobate structure, in basalt stone, with an impressive surrounding wall, which still boasts three towers.
The remains of the Nuraghic village and constructions from the Punic and Roman periods lie between the outer wall and the ramparts. There are three large semicircular niches in the wall of the central tower, which was originally paved, and its tholos is still intact. Stone steps lead up to the second floor, where there was another tholos, now, however, partly destroyed, while the hut which was used for gatherings is situated in front of the entrance.