Alghero (Città Metropolitana di Sassari)
Nuraghe Palmavera
A few kilometres from Alghero, in the Porto Conte natural park, the nuraghe and village of Palmavera form one of the most important Nuragic complexes on the island.
SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS OF LIFE
The complex stands at the foot of Monte Palmavera, in the Nurra of Alghero, a plain of northern Sardinia rich in protohistoric evidence.
Inhabited continuously for 700 years, the settlement developed around the nuraghe; its oldest core dates to the 15th century BC.
Studies have identified at least three construction phases, during which the village grew and acquired living, productive and ritual spaces.
Today about a quarter of the original settlement can be seen: two towers with the outer wall, many huts and the large Meeting Hut.
NURAGHE PALMAVERA
DATING
15th–10th century BC first core Abandoned at the end of the 8th century BC
TYPE
Nuraghe with village And Meeting Hut
DIMENSIONS
Over 50 visible huts (150-200 originally)
STATE OF PRESERVATION
To be defined
OTHER MONUMENTS AT THE SITE
Bastion, tower B, outer wall, Meeting Hut
FINDS
Pottery, bone remains, shells, Punic and Roman finds
ENVIRONMENT
Nurra of Alghero Porto Conte
VISITABLE
To be defined
SERVICES
To be defined
ACCESSIBILITY
To be defined
THE SITE
The complex includes a main nuraghe, around which stood a village of which over 50 huts survive: an articulated system of spaces inhabited for 700 years.
THE TERRITORY
The Nurra of Alghero is a coastal plain between the sea of Porto Conte and the inland reliefs, rich in Nuragic evidence.