L’altar from the pre-Nuragic era, located at the edges of a plateau, constitutes a unique monument not only in Sardinia but in the entire Western Mediterranean. Its structure, composed of a large truncated-pyramid-shaped terrace, accessed by a long trapezoidal staircase, indeed recalls the Mesopotamian ziggurats of the 3rd millennium BC. The building overlies a previous structure which had, on the top of the terrace, the so-called “red temple,” a rectangular sanctuary plastered and painted predominantly in ochre red, of which the floor and partially the perimeter wall are still preserved. This structure, , of considerable size, was built in an advanced phase of the Ozieri culture (3200-2800 BC), at the center of a village developed on the plateau starting from the second half of the 4th millennium BC. The destruction of the building made necessary, Around 2800 BC, the construction of a new structure, namely the one we see today. The building retained its religious function for several centuries until it was abandoned. Around 1800 BC, already in ruins, it was occasionally used for burials. The archaeological area also includes the remains of a Nuragic village (15th-10th century BC) and a necropolis with domus de janas tombs.
Information about Altare di Monte d’Accoddi
Strada Statale 131 – Km 222,200
07100 Sassari (Sassari)
334 8074449 – 079 2008072
infosassari@comune.ss.it
https://www.comune.sassari.it/
Source: MIBACT
