Il paesaggio del sacro nella Sardegna nuragica. Architetture celebrative e spazi cerimoniali nei luoghi di culto e nei santuari

The clearest manifestations of religiosity in nuragic age occur under several cultual
complexes and considerable monumental structures largely related to rituals
involving the use of water. Sacred springs and wells, buildings with a rectangular
or a circular plan can rise isolated but, more frequently, appear associated to
compose articulated spaces of considerable complexity. Around the temples are
agglomerations of huts—more or less developed—, probably largely used only in
connection with festivals and religious ceremonies. Also, we can observe the
presence of various kinds of buildings which contributed, as well with original
solutions, to compose the topography of the sanctuary.
The monumentality of the structures, the richness of the stone decorations and
the presence of exclusive furniture for the temples, provide clues for the reconstruction
of some peculiar characteristics of the ceremonies orchestrated as part
of sacred spaces.