Santu Antine
Santu Antine ("Saint Constantine"), also known as Sa domo de su re ("The house of the king" in the Sardinian language) is a nuraghe (ancient megalithic edifice built by the Nuragic Civilization) in Torralba, one of the largest in Sardinia. It is located in the centre of the Cabu Abbas plain.
Santu Antine
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- Nuraghe Santu Antine
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- Nuragic civilization · Bronze Age
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Santu Antine ("Saint Constantine"), also known as Sa domo de su re ("The house of the king" in the Sardinian language) is a nuraghe (ancient megalithic edifice built by the Nuragic Civilization) in Torralba, one of the largest in Sardinia. It is located in the centre of the Cabu Abbas plain.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Nuraghe Santu Antine • Location — Torralba, Sardinia, Italy • Type — Village • Epochs — Bronze Age • Cultures — Nuragic civilization • Other Name — Sa domo de su re
Archaeological and archaeoastronomical studies
Archaeological and archaeoastronomical studies
The nuraghe has been studied several times from an archaeoastronomic point of view, and these studies have shown how its structure is oriented following the solstices. These claims were supported, among others, by the archaeologist Ercole Contu and archaeostronomists Mauro Peppino Zedda, Juan Antonio Belmonte and Michael Hoskin. In particular, Hoskin, science historian and emeritus professor at Churchill College in Cambridge, called Santu Antine "the most sophisticated dry stone monument on earth's surface".
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Gallery
• Illustration — Reconstruction • Illustration — Courtyard • Illustration — Tholos • Illustration — Stairs • Illustration — Internal corridor
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• Illustration — Corridor Santu Antine is constructed of huge basalt blocks. The main tower originally reached a height of 23 - and contains three tholoi chambers on top of each other. The central tower with diameter of 15 m is 17 m high. It has three floors. The top floor is now gone. Multiple 27 m long corridors built with the corbel arch technique can be observed inside of the Nuraghe, superimposed on two floors. In addition to the towers, the nuraghe featured three wells. The main structure was built around the 19-18th century BC, and the other parts of the nuraghe date back to the 17th–15th century BC. The remains of a Nuragic village lie nearby.
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- 1.I Nuraghi, in A. Moravetti, P. Melis, L. Foddai, E. Alba (eds.), LA SARDEGNA NURAGICA, Corpora delle antichità della Sardegna, Sassari 2017, pp. 29-53.
- 2.Belmonte Avilés, Juan Antonio. Reflejo del cosmos : atlas de arqueoastronomía en el Mediterráneo antiguo. Equipo Sirius. 2002. 84-95495-32-5.
- 3.Littarru, Paolo. Nuraghe-triangolo, ecco il Santu Antine: 'Il monumento più sofisticato al mondo'. Sardiniapost. 2020-01-23.
- 4.Belmonte Avilés, Juan Antonio. Reflejo del cosmos : atlas de arqueoastronomía en el Mediterráneo antiguo. Equipo Sirius. 197. 2002. 84-95495-32-5.
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