Barumini: tourism to taste

Sardinia: one of the most enchanting lands in Italy

This region owes its fame above all to the splendid sea it has: clean and unspoiled!

It surrounds the panoramic show that offers its visitors in addition to its spectacular bays.

Obviously it also contains historical and cultural monuments that deserve to be visited: between these, must remember, the archaeological area Su Nuraxi in Barumini, better known as the Nuragic village of Su Nuraxi.

Visit to Su Nuraxi di Barumini

Barumini is another site included in the list of the most beautiful Heritage of Italy indeed, in 1997, has been named by UNESCO as World Heritage Site.

Moreover, according to UNESCO, the site is an important testimony of how a prehistoric community has been able to use imaginatively the materials and construction techniques of the time to get a particular construction.

A whole heritage “to taste” with the enchanted eyes of tourists who are always fascinated by such beauty.
In fact, it is a unique area in the world: crystal clear sea and more…Indeed, it also houses buildings belonging to ancient peoples who, many centuries ago, they inhabited Sardinia.

Get to know Su Nuraxi di Barumini

The Nuragic village of Su Nuraxi di Barumini stands in an area called Marmilla in the river valley Mannu at the foot of the Giara, within the province of Medio Campidano.

It is a human settlement that developed between XIII and the 6th century. a.C. made entirely of basalt blocks: includes buildings and huts.

E’ first arisen around nuraghe whose function was that of a lookout on the sea, in order to monitor animals and cultivated fields. In addition, it could also have a military purpose to defend against enemy assaults since they were located in strategic points.

E’ one of the 30 archaeological sites better preserved: it was a very rich territory and, today, consists circa 1.300 inhabitants.

Su Nuraxi in Barumini it was also inhabited by the Romanian as evidenced by the traces of walls from the Roman era.

In the Middle Ages it was also annexed to the Giudicato of Arborea in fact in the historic center it preserves beautiful churches: the Church of San Nicola (archaic-pisana) it is to Church of San Giovanni dating from the thirteenth century.

The basaltic highlands di Giara are the home of the ponies that can be admired while galloping among the downy oaks, the centuries-old cork oaks, the Mediterranean, ilex and temporary ponds. They have a mysterious origin but it is a wonderful area for cycling and hiking.