The most evident witness
of diversity and isolation of Sardinian population in the prehistoric
age are, without any doubt, the about 7000 Nuraghes
of the island. These buildings wich we have no other example outside
Sardinia of, were built between 1500 and 500 b.c.; they consists
of characteristic frustum-shape
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| Unia
Nuraghe near Stintino |
towers, built with superposed rocks, without using
any other material to cement, high from 4 up to 18 meters (nuraghe
of Santu Antine at Torralba); occasionally they were part of dwelling
structures a bit more complex, but for the most part they were totally
isolated; in some cases there were holy wells and springs nearby
to bear witness to the presence of a sort of society. It is absolutely
not sure the use the nuraghes were assigned to: dwelling, maybe
tombs or more likely defence, but the extraordinary thing is the
engineering handiwork that let them survive for millennia, as well
as the ability and the skill in carrying out these jobs (it is not
yet known the method used to lift those rocks for more than 10 meters).
At Capo Falcone too
there is a nuraghic witness; the area from Stintino to Porto Torres
is, as well as the whole Sardinia, reach of nuraghes. Few kilometers
from Stintino there is the Unia
nuraghe. Going towards Porto Torres you will find the nuraghe
Minciaredda, while running along
the old provincial road you will meet among others, the nuraghe
Margone.
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