Nuraghe Palmavera, Archaeological site in Alghero, Italy.
Description
Nuraghe Palmavera is a complex comprising two main towers built from limestone and sandstone blocks surrounded by a pentagonal wall. This wall encloses three smaller tower-huts and residential structures arranged together in a compact settlement pattern.
History
The settlement was founded in the 15th century BCE and remained occupied through the Early Iron Age. Later populations from Punic and Roman periods also used and modified the site.
Culture
The central meeting hut features stone benches along its walls and a stone basin, showing how the community gathered and organized itself. These spatial arrangements reveal the daily rhythms and social patterns of ancient inhabitants.
Practical
The site is accessible daily with mostly level ground and short walking distances between structures. Wear sturdy shoes and allow enough time to walk around and explore the arrangement of the huts and fortifications.
Did you know?
Excavations revealed a large village of approximately fifty circular huts surrounding the main fortress. Some of these dwellings had unusual quadrangular or sub-rectangular layouts, showing different building traditions coexisted here.
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