{"id":29552,"date":"2023-08-03T11:40:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/place\/villaggio-santuario-sarcu-e-is-forros\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T11:40:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:40:53","slug":"villaggio-santuario-sarcu-e-is-forros","status":"publish","type":"place","link":"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/place\/villaggio-santuario-sarcu-e-is-forros\/","title":{"rendered":"Villaggio santuario S&#8217;Arcu &#8216;e is Forros"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the edge of Ogliastra stands the extensive <strong>S\u2019Arcu \u2018e is Forros<\/strong> <strong>sanctuary village<\/strong> from <strong>Nuragic times<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Nuragic people built <strong>two large rectangular megaron temples<\/strong>, unusual for Nuragic architecture, on a pre-existing settlement, from around <strong>3,000 years ago<\/strong>. The first one to be uncovered was <strong>temple A<\/strong>, one of the most monumental on the island. Its purpose was probably for <strong>worship<\/strong> and its main ritual element was <strong>water<\/strong>. What identified the <strong>sacred nature of the building<\/strong> was the discovery of numerous stone <strong>votive vases<\/strong> and <strong>bronze items<\/strong>, offered to the god and deposed in the temple\u2019s chapel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Temple B<\/strong> has a stone altar with basalt and red sandstone ashlars, which give them a sophisticated <strong>two-tone<\/strong>. Even more incredible is the presence of two <strong>faces<\/strong> (or <strong>protomes<\/strong>) carved in bas relief, just like the fireplace above the altar with a frieze which reproduces the bastions of a Nuragic tower.<\/p>\n<p>The two temples are part of the fabric of a large and partially uncovered <strong>village<\/strong>. The numerous buildings explained the purpose of the site. Crucial to this is the presence of a structure found nowhere else in Sardinia or elsewhere and understood to be a <strong>furnace for metal smelting<\/strong>. The rooms which can be traced back to the <strong>processing of metals<\/strong> (genuine workshops), arranged close to the temples, are proof of just how much <strong>metallurgy<\/strong> and the sacred sphere were closely interconnected.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>numerous objects<\/strong> uncovered are evidence of a <strong>thriving, dynamic trade<\/strong> between Sardinia, the east and the peninsula. They can contribute to shining a new light on Nuragic civilisation, offering a more complex and articulated vision of <strong>society<\/strong>, its <strong>economy<\/strong> and <strong>religious ideology<\/strong> during the <strong>Bronze and Iron ages<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The S\u2019Arcu \u2018e is Forros site is, to date, <strong>the most important metallurgic centre<\/strong> in Nuragic Sardinia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11624,"template":"","tipologia":[994,1002],"categoria":[1025],"tematica":[1029],"class_list":["post-29552","place","type-place","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipologia-tempio-en","tipologia-villaggio-nuragico-en","categoria-archaeological-site","tematica-archeology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Villaggio santuario S&#039;Arcu &#039;e is Forros - Idese<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/place\/villaggio-santuario-sarcu-e-is-forros\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Villaggio santuario S&#039;Arcu &#039;e is Forros - Idese\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On the edge of Ogliastra stands the extensive S\u2019Arcu \u2018e is Forros sanctuary village from Nuragic times. 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