Barumini
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Barumini, Sardinia
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A nuraghe site towards the southern end of the island, well inland, which was excavated by Giovanni Lilliu in the 1940s. It began as a single fortified tower, 17m high and with three corbelled chambers one above the other, in the early 2nd millennium bc. Four round towers around the base of the central tower, and a perimeter wall with smaller towers enclosing a village were built in the 8th century bc. In the 6th century bc the site was sacked by the Carthage, Tunisia.
[Rep.: L. Giovanni, 1988, Su nuraxi ali Barumini. Sassari: C. Delfino]
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