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(from Abbasanta and its people)
by Constantine Frau
The Nuraghe Losa
This Nuraghe Losa was named after the Catalan, which means stone, because there are many graves in the vicinity of nuragico and Punic-Roman period. Its construction took place in several stages between the second half of the second millennium BC and the period of the Roman conquest. According to some scholars, the Nuraghe, connected to others in the area, was a place of security a very important town. About 500 meters from it there are remains of a sacred spring where the festivities took place in honor of the god of water. Religion nuragica, in addition to be animated (we have already mentioned the worship of souls ancestor), was a naturalist, he loved the water, the male and female fertility. The Nuraghe has a trefoil shape with three towers huddled in the middle, two in the south and north.
are joined together by a stone boundary outside. The side towers could be the Sardinian-Punic period. Originally nuraghe measured about 20 meters and was composed of three floors plus terrace, today it measures only 13 meters, and can be seen in its entirety only on the first floor and part of the second.
Its entrance is a very large, is aimed at noon and is surmounted by a lintel.
The corridor leading to the room Tholos, one of the regular Nuraghe of Sardinia. The Tholos, which has walls three large niches on a given day (summer solstice) the sun goes down at right angles into the room through a hole in the top of the Tholos, what a testimony to the fact that the sun was the object of worship for the ancient Sardinians.
On the terrace there is an entrance that leads to a steep staircase leading to the north-west of Tholos.
A short distance from the walls are several areas of sacrifice, perhaps used to hold the blood of animals killed in religious ceremonies. Many urns are carved into the basalt rock, which were to receive the ashes of the dead. In them we see a rise that was supposed to keep a lid stuck stone to protect the ash and prevent its spread. In some niches of the furnishings were found dating back to Roman times and now preserved and exhibited in the National Museum of Cagliari.
by Constantine Frau
The Nuraghe Losa
This Nuraghe Losa was named after the Catalan, which means stone, because there are many graves in the vicinity of nuragico and Punic-Roman period. Its construction took place in several stages between the second half of the second millennium BC and the period of the Roman conquest. According to some scholars, the Nuraghe, connected to others in the area, was a place of security a very important town. About 500 meters from it there are remains of a sacred spring where the festivities took place in honor of the god of water. Religion nuragica, in addition to be animated (we have already mentioned the worship of souls ancestor), was a naturalist, he loved the water, the male and female fertility. The Nuraghe has a trefoil shape with three towers huddled in the middle, two in the south and north.
are joined together by a stone boundary outside. The side towers could be the Sardinian-Punic period. Originally nuraghe measured about 20 meters and was composed of three floors plus terrace, today it measures only 13 meters, and can be seen in its entirety only on the first floor and part of the second.
Its entrance is a very large, is aimed at noon and is surmounted by a lintel.
The corridor leading to the room Tholos, one of the regular Nuraghe of Sardinia. The Tholos, which has walls three large niches on a given day (summer solstice) the sun goes down at right angles into the room through a hole in the top of the Tholos, what a testimony to the fact that the sun was the object of worship for the ancient Sardinians.
On the terrace there is an entrance that leads to a steep staircase leading to the north-west of Tholos.
A short distance from the walls are several areas of sacrifice, perhaps used to hold the blood of animals killed in religious ceremonies. Many urns are carved into the basalt rock, which were to receive the ashes of the dead. In them we see a rise that was supposed to keep a lid stuck stone to protect the ash and prevent its spread. In some niches of the furnishings were found dating back to Roman times and now preserved and exhibited in the National Museum of Cagliari.
