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nuraghe
pozzo sacro
Complesso Nuragico e Pozzo Sacro di Santa Cristina
Santa Cristina di Paulilatino
Paulilatino
Province of Oristano
Provincia di Oristano
holy well
sacred well
Bronze Age
Sardinia
Sardinien
Sardaigne
Italy
thémenos


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Paulilatino - Santa Cristina di Paulilatino

Paulilatino - Santa Cristina di Paulilatino
The archaeological area of Santa Cristina just south of Paulilatino covers about one hectar. It was a place of cultural activities over thousands of years, from Bronze Age to - today.

Just about 200m apart from the nuraghe and maybe some centuries younger is the nuragic sacred well, built with basalt rocks during the Final Bronze Era, between the 9th and the 11th century BC. One of the many enigmas, Sardinia has to offer, and the center of dozens of different theories.

It consists out of a vestibule, a staircase and a hypogeum. Some rows of stones remain of the vestibule, drawing a keyhole shape, surrounded by another row, called "thémenos", forming a large ellipse (26m x 20m).

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