Nuraghe La Prisgiona

The Nuraghe La Prisgiona is Arzachena, in the province of Olbia- Tempio Sardinia. The plant is not yet fully excavated. So far, gained historical evidence points to a use between the 14th and 9th century BC. In addition, a use could be detected in the Roman Empire.

The round central tower ( Mastio ) and two side towers are surrounded together with the larger farm by an enclosure wall. The Mastion is more than six meters high and has a false dome; access is spanned by an asymmetrically built massive, 3.2 m long fall. Inside three niches are arranged in a cross shape. In the seven -meter-deep well in the courtyard vessels were found, suggesting a sacred use.

The village around the Bastion consists of about 90 individual buildings. Some are arranged in ensembles of five, which are interpreted as workshops, which enabled production to local use also.

In one of the huts a semicircular furnace was discovered, which was probably used for baking. In addition, indicate a vault-like stone cover and a flat granite slab, both strongly compressed by great heat, in the production of flat bread to go. Such bread is still made in the field of Nuraghe.

The Bastion is also protected by a double fortification wall, which surrounds another yard. The wall starts at an important building which. " Assembly " hut, in addition to the actual Nuraghe the only room with access to the fortified farm A kind of round pool in the middle of the room and two combustion surfaces suggest a cultic use.

The encountered here kind of Bronze Age round houses with Kraggewölben is called tholos construction and is quite unusual for the Gallura.

In the immediate vicinity of the Nuraghe La Prisgiona is Coddu Vecchiu, and a little further Li and Li Muri Lolghi. Furthermore, there is the temple of Malchittu and Protonuraghe Albucciu near Arzachena.