The sacred rituals in the nuraghic sanctuary of Romanzesu

If you are in the Nuorese, don't miss visiting the nuraghic village of Romanzesu (so called because in that area have been found many evidences of the passage of Romans between the II and III century A.D.), in the territory of Bitti, where you will have the opportunity to admire an amphitheater built with basalt blocks and the sacred fountain of Poddi Arvu, unfortunately in part destroyed by water research project during the second half of the last century.

A centuries-old wood of cork threes has protected this site of the XVI century B.C., where took place the religious rituals, to which took part people from a vast area of Nuorese. In a rather large area (approximately seven hectares) there is the village, with about a hundred huts, two “megaron” temples and a “pit” temple (of the XIII century B.C.: bowls and other objects used during the propitiatory rites have been uncovered), an amphitheater for the most important rituals (at which took part hundreds of people, that assembled around the clergyman) and three “betili” (sacred stones which signaled the place where people believed the deities lived) representing the fertility.