Dorgali (Nuoro)
Serra Orrios
A few kilometres from the Gulf of Orosei, on the Gollei plateau, Serra Orrios is an important Nuragic village-sanctuary.
A VILLAGE-SANCTUARY ON THE GOLLEI
The complex stands on the basaltic Gollei plateau, in the territory of Dorgali, in central-eastern Sardinia.
Frequented since the Middle Bronze Age (1900-1350 BC), the settlement was a village-sanctuary with dwellings and two sacred areas.
Cult activities and daily life took place here, in a community dedicated to farming and herding.
Today the remains of the dwellings and of the two small temples of the sacred areas can be seen.
SERRA ORRIOS
DATING
Middle-Recent Bronze Age (1900-1150 BC)
TYPE
Village-sanctuary With two megaron temples
DIMENSIONS
About one hundred huts
STATE OF PRESERVATION
To be defined
OTHER MONUMENTS AT THE SITE
Two sacred areas, Hut 49, two megalithic burials
FINDS
Pottery, loom weights, spindle whorls, casting moulds, bronzes
ENVIRONMENT
Basaltic Gollei plateau
VISITABLE
To be defined
SERVICES
To be defined
ACCESSIBILITY
To be defined
THE SITE
The settlement includes an extensive village, two sacred areas and a funerary area. There were about one hundred huts, housing people, daily activities and sometimes animals.
THE TERRITORY
The Gollei plateau lies a few kilometres from the Gulf of Orosei, in a landscape of basalt between sea and mountains.