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Su Nuraxi (Barumini)
39.7058° N, 8.9906° E
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Su Nuraxi is a Nuragic archaeological site in Barumini, Sardinia, Italy. Su Nuraxi simply means "The Nuraghe" in Campidanese, the southern variant of the Sardinian language. Su Nuraxi is a settlement consisting of a seventeenth century BC nuraghe, a bastion of four corner towers plus a central one, and a village inhabited from the thirteenth to the sixth century BC, developed around the nuraghe. They are considered by scholars the most impressive expression of the nuragic civilization and were included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997 as Su Nuraxi di Barumini.
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Destruction and Carthaginian restoration
6th century BCE
Occupied into the Roman period
1st century BCE
Heptalobate curtain wall (Iron Age)
Iron Age
Addition of surrounding towers and curtain wall
Late Bronze Age
Sewerage, paved square and streets
9th–8th centuries BCE
Village occupation
13th–6th centuries BCE
Central tower construction
17th–13th centuries BCE
Full excavation by Giovanni Lilliu
1950–1957
UNESCO World Heritage inscription
1997
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Water Management Features
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Industrial and Craft Structures
Religious and Ritual Structures
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Domestic and Habitation Structures
Food Production and Processing Features
Transportation and Communication Structures
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