Description:
The duke of Buckingham dubbed these caves "the miracle of the gods." This is the best place on the island to see prehistoric stone-built nuraghe, some 50 individual dwellings crowded close together. A central tower surrounds these huts, forming a limestone complex from 1500 B.C. Built with huge blocks of stone, the truncated cone tower is in the shape of a beehive and opens onto a panorama of the countryside. The remains of a "palace" founded in the 14th century B.C. can also be seen. The Nuragic civilization produced the most advanced and monumental architecture of this early period in the western Mediterranean.
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Awards:
Frommer's
- Recommended 2010
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Contact:
- tel: 079-980040
Address:
- SS. 127 bis (on the road linking Alghero-Fertilia to Capo Caccia at Km 45, 12km/7 1/2 miles northwest of Alghero)
- Alghero
Hours:
- Apr-Oct daily 9am-7pm; Nov-Mar daily 9:30am-4pm
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- No Sweat
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