Nuraghe Genna Maria
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| Location | Villanovaforru, Sardinia, Italy |
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| Coordinates | 39°38′05″N 8°51′15″E / 39.6346°N 8.8543°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Periods | Bronze Age |
| Cultures | Nuragic civilization |
The nuraghe Genna Maria is an archaeological site in the comune of Villanovaforru, province of South Sardinia.
It is located atop a hill in the Marmilla region. The structure is complex, formed by an original central tower, built in the middle Bronze Age, to which later were added other four towers and a bastion. One of the four towers was subsequently sacrificed during a further intervention, that also saw, presumably, the edification of the mighty external wall of hexagonal shape.[1]
In the early Iron Age in the site developed a new village.[1]
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References
- ^ a b Villanovaforru, complesso di Genna Maria(in Italian)
Bibliography
- E. Contu, "L'architettura nuragica", in Ichnussa. La Sardegna dalle origini all'età classica, Milano, Scheiwiller, 1981;
- U. Badas, "Genna Maria - Villanovaforru (Cagliari). I vani 10/18. Nuovi apporti allo studio delle abitazioni a corte centrale", in Atti del III Convegno di Studi "Un Millennio di relazioni tra la Sardegna e i paesi del Mediterraneo" (Selargius-Cagliari, 27-30 novembre 1986), Cagliari, 1987;
- C. Lilliu, "Un culto di età punico-romana al nuraghe Genna Maria di Villanovaforru", in Quaderni della Soprintendenza archeologica per le province di Cagliari e Oristano, 5, 1988, pp. 109–128;
- "Villanovaforru", in L'Antiquarium Arborense e i civici musei archeologici della Sardegna, a cura di G. Lilliu, Cinisello Balsamo, A. Pizzi, 1988, pp. 181–198;
- U. Badas, "Nuraghe Genna Maria (Villanovaforru - Cagliari)", in Guide Archeologiche. Preistoria e protostoria in Italia, Forlì, UISP, 1995, pp. 162–169.
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