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nuraghe
[ noo-rah-gey ]
noun
- any of the large, tower-shaped, prehistoric stone structures found in Sardinia and dating from the second millennium b.c. to the Roman conquest of Sardinia in 238 b.c.
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- ²Ô³Ü·°ù²¹î€ƒg³ó¾±³¦ adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of nuraghe1
Example Sentences
Many such sites, such as the Bronze Age "nuraghe" or tower fortress known as Genna Maria, risk losing their status as anchors for cultural tourism, locals fear, due to the encroachment of wind and solar projects.
Villanovaforru mayor Maurizio Onnis filed a formal comment on the environmental and cultural impact of the wind farm proposal in August, declaring that the “historical-identity elements of the landscape†at Nuraghe Genna Maria would be “fractured,†resulting in the “disintegration†of the panoramic and environmental values of the area.
The island’s landscape of wrinkled, ancient looking mountains and rugged but gorgeous coastlines is dotted with mysterious millennia-old stone structures called nuraghe.
The Nuraghe to which our steps were directed proved to be a very picturesque object, rising out of a thicket of shrubs, with tufts growing in the crevices of the tower, which on one side was dilapidated.
Opinions as to the purposes for which the Nuraghe were erected are as various as those regarding their origin.
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