Barumini Su Nuraxi and Casa Zapata from Cagliari

Transfer will bring you from Cagliari to see Barumini complex and Casa Zapata. No meals included. After the guided excursion the comfortable minivan will bring you back to Cagliari.

About 3,500 years ago, on the hill of Barumini, ancient people built a nuraghe and a small village of huts.

The nuraghi are extraordinary monuments, halfway between defensive and civil architecture. They have survived to the present day as evidence of a thousand-year-old culture connected to the megalithic civilizations of the Mediterranean basin.

The architectural structures consist of two-storey truncated cone-shaped towers, built with large stones arranged without mortar in overlapping concentric circles that gradually narrow towards the top.

The Nuragic civilization played an important role in the spread of Mycenaean culture and later Phoenician culture, although some of its distinctive features remain shrouded in mystery, perhaps because they are difficult to understand within the framework of classical Greek culture.

The Su Nuraxi site represents the most complete and best-preserved example of a nuraghe. It has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1997.

On 29 July 2006, the “Casa Zapata Museum Complex” was inaugurated, consisting of three sections: archaeological, ethnographic, and historical.

The uniqueness of Casa Zapata lies in the presence of an 18th-century building constructed directly over the remains of a complex nuraghe called “Nuraxi e Cresia”. This creates a unique spectacle and a sense of wonder for visitors, who are fascinated by such extraordinary beauty.

Following the excavations carried out in the 1950s at “Su Nuraxi” by Professor Giovanni Lilliu, the desire to create a place in Barumini capable of housing and preserving the archaeological finds has always remained alive. Today, Casa Zapata fulfils this role: safeguarding, promoting knowledge of, and enhancing the value of these precious cultural assets.