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Sacred Well of Santa Cristina

TempleEuropeItalyc. 1,000 BCENuragic

A descending stairway of carefully dressed basalt leads to a circular water chamber beneath a corbelled roof. The well belongs to a larger Nuragic sanctuary near Paulilatino, with a nuraghe and later religious buildings nearby.

40.0611°, 8.7310°

Site reference: Sardegna Turismo

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Photographs

Sacred Well of Santa Cristina
Sacred Well of Santa Cristina
Aga Khan (IT) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons ↗
Sacred Well of Santa Cristina
Sacred Well of Santa Cristina
Daniel Ventura · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons ↗
The staircase from below
The staircase from below
Carlo Pelagalli · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons ↗
A chamber closing toward the sky
A chamber closing toward the sky
Aga Khan (IT) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Original on Wikimedia Commons ↗

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