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Sacred Spring of Su Tempiesu

TempleEuropeItalyc. 1,200 BCENuragic

A Nuragic water sanctuary built against a spring-bearing rock face near Orune. Carefully worked basalt and trachyte form a roofed shrine, vestibule and water channels, preserving an unusual view of the architecture above a sacred spring.

40.4108°, 9.4128°

Site reference: Sardegna Turismo

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Sacred Spring of Su Tempiesu
Sacred Spring of Su Tempiesu
Maurizio Aresu 2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons ↗
Sacred Spring of Su Tempiesu
Sacred Spring of Su Tempiesu
Rafael Brix · CC BY 2.5 · Original on Wikimedia Commons ↗

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