Italy · 17th century BC
Su Nuraxi is a Nuragic archaeological site in Barumini, Sardinia, Italy. Su Nuraxi simply means "The Nuraghe" in Campidanese, the southern variant of the Sardinian language.
Su Nuraxi is a settlement consisting of a seventeenth century BC nuraghe, a bastion of four corner towers plus a central one, and a village inhabited from the thirteenth to the sixth century BC, developed around the nuraghe. They are considered by scholars the most impressive expression of the nuragic civilization and were included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997 as Su Nuraxi di Barumini.
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Su Nuraxi di Barumini ranks #263 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #20 of the 560 mapped in Italy. Founded c. 1650 BC, it is older than 99% of the atlas's dated landmarks. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 11,903 times in the last 60 days, more than 95% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 76,000 visitors in 2022. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.
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