Su Nuraxi di Barumini
Province of Medio Campidano, Sardinia
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Identifier |
833 |
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states |
it |
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category |
cultural |
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criteria |
(i)(iii)(iv) |
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Title |
su nuraxi di barumini |
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latitude |
39.7058334351 |
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longitude |
8.9913892746 |
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location |
province of medio campidano, sardinia |
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Region |
europe and north america |
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year |
1997 |
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unique number |
982 |
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description |
during the late 2nd millennium b.c. in the bronze age, a special type of defensive structure known as nuraghi (for which no parallel exists anywhere else in the world) developed on the island of sardinia. the complex consists of circular defensive towers in the form of truncated cones built of dressed stone, with corbel-vaulted internal chambers. the complex at barumini, which was extended and reinforced in the first half of the 1st millennium under carthaginian pressure, is the finest and most complete example of this remarkable form of prehistoric architecture. |
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justification |
the committee decided to inscribe this property on the basis of cultural criteria (i), (iii) and (iv), considering that the nuraghe of sardinia, of which su nuraxi is the pre-eminent example, represent an exceptional response to political and social conditions, making an imaginative and innovative use of the materials and techniques available to a prehistoric island community. |
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