Nuraghe Santa Barbara

About the museum

The Santa Barbara nuraghe stands on a small plateau of Monte Manai, at 648 metres above sea level, and overlooks the Abbasanta plain. It takes its name from the ruins of a country chapel dedicated to Saint Barbara that once stood nearby. It is considered the best-known archaeological site in the Macomer area and can be reached from the SS 131, at kilometre 145, near the Macomer-Birori junction.

The structure is a complex basalt nuraghe: a central tower about 15 metres high is surrounded by a quadrilobed bastion almost 9 metres high, which encloses an open courtyard. A village developed around the monument, occupied from the middle of the 2nd millennium BC until the early Middle Ages.

The nuraghe is one of the archaeological sites of Macomer offered by the cooperative Esedra Escursioni together with Tamuli, the necropolis of Filigosa and the Museo Etnografico “Le Arti Antiche”.

Highlights

• Central tower about 15 metres high
• Quadrilobed bastion with inner courtyard
• Village occupied from the 2nd millennium BC to the early Middle Ages
• View over the Abbasanta plain

Permanent exhibition

• Nuraghe Santa Barbara – Visit to the complex nuraghe with central tower and quadrilobed bastion.

Visitors per year

approx. 3,940

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

From the car park, go up a paved road and then a short path to the nuraghe.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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