Nuraghe Genna Maria

The nuraghe Genna Maria is an archaeological site in the comune of Villanovaforru, province of South Sardinia.

Nuraghe Genna Maria

Nuraghe Genna Maria
Shown within Sardinia
Location	Villanovaforru, Sardinia, Italy
Coordinates	39.6346°N 8.8543°E
Type	Settlement
History
Periods	Bronze Age
Cultures	Nuragic civilization

It is located atop a hill in the Marmilla region. The structure is complex, formed by an original central tower, built in the middle Bronze Age, to which later were added other four towers and a bastion. One of the four towers was subsequently sacrificed during a further intervention, that also saw, presumably, the edification of the mighty external wall of hexagonal shape.[1]

In the early Iron Age in the site developed a new village.[1]

References

1. Villanovaforru, complesso di Genna Maria(in Italian)

Bibliography

• E. Contu, "L'architettura nuragica", in Ichnussa. La Sardegna dalle origini all'età classica, Milano, Scheiwiller, 1981;
• U. Badas, "Genna Maria - Villanovaforru (Cagliari). I vani 10/18. Nuovi apporti allo studio delle abitazioni a corte centrale", in Atti del III Convegno di Studi "Un Millennio di relazioni tra la Sardegna e i paesi del Mediterraneo" (Selargius-Cagliari, 27-30 novembre 1986), Cagliari, 1987;
• C. Lilliu, "Un culto di età punico-romana al nuraghe Genna Maria di Villanovaforru", in Quaderni della Soprintendenza archeologica per le province di Cagliari e Oristano, 5, 1988, pp. 109–128;
• "Villanovaforru", in L'Antiquarium Arborense e i civici musei archeologici della Sardegna, a cura di G. Lilliu, Cinisello Balsamo, A. Pizzi, 1988, pp. 181–198;
• U. Badas, "Nuraghe Genna Maria (Villanovaforru - Cagliari)", in Guide Archeologiche. Preistoria e protostoria in Italia, Forlì, UISP, 1995, pp. 162–169.