NURAGICO VILLAGGIO SERRA ORRIOS
Village with two typical temples of the Mycenaean culture dedicated to the cult of water.
This nuragic village is one of the best preserved in Sardinia. The foundations of the sixty or so huts stand out clearly from the ground. The paved or flagged floors can still be seen in some of them. Some of them have only one room, while others are articulated in several rooms, which must have been used to shelter animals. The walls were made of stone and the roofs were covered with branches. They may have been waterproofed with clay or cork. In the walls, one can still see niches built for the storage of objects. The huts open onto a courtyard with a well in the centre. The village is divided into three quarters connected by passages and alleys. The village included two megaron temples, which suggest that the village was influenced by people from the Aegean Sea. Indeed, these structures are typical of the Mycenaean culture. Both temples were dedicated to the cult of water. They are protected by an enclosure and preceded by an antechamber. A stone bench runs along the wall of the main chamber. Numerous ceramics have been found on the site and allow us to affirm that the village was inhabited from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age. They are now preserved in the Dorgali Archaeological Museum. At the height of its development, the village was inhabited by 300 people. A market was held in the vicinity of the temples.
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