All news about Menhir In Sardinia

The menhirs in the other territories of Sardinia

Menhirs are not to be found in every region of Sardinia, but in very few identifiable territories. Beside the most important sites such as Goni (Sarrabus), Genna Arrele (Sarcidano) and Sorgono (...)

In Genna Arrele the first statue of Sarcidano

In 1973 in the archaeological site of Genna Arrele (in the territory of Laconi), the first statue-menhir of Sarcidano was found. Dozens of these particular menhir (...)

In the countrysides of Sorgono a secret to yield up

In the territory of Sorgono, in the locality of Bidu ‘e concas (at a range of one kilometer from the sanctuary of Saint Mauro), there is a hill on which it is possible to visit (...)

In Sarrabus numerous complexes with the menhir

In the countrysides around the village of Muravera are visible the ruins of two megalithic complexes, that of the Monte Crobu Cuili Piras and the nuragh Scalas (...)

Goni, in Pranu Muttedu one of the most important archaeological sites of the island

In Goni there is the massive necropolis of Pranu Muttedu (dated back to the 3000 B.C.). The menhir are about sixty (it is the most considerable concentration of Sardinia, together with the one of Sorgono, but this last one must be still valorized), they are in good part (...)

The menhir, a sacred stone to worship the pagan deities

The menhir is a sacred stone with a lengthened shape, near to the shape of a stele: the pre-historical peoples implanted the base of these stones on the earth (...)