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Definition of "nuraghe" [‖Nu•ra•ghe]

  • One of the prehistoric towerlike structures found in Sardinia.

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Use "nuraghe" in a sentence
  • "To the latter must be attributed the peculiar monuments (about 3000 in number), called nuraghe, scattered through the island, which are like truncated cones, 53 feet high, and 99 wide at the base, constructed of large masses of limestone, granite, or tufa, superimposed without mortar."
  • "Scattered throughout the length of the entire island and not unlike the nuraghe in appearance are a number of groups of circular dwellings of stone measuring from fifteen to twenty-five feet in diameter."
  • "The entrance to the nuraghe faces the south and is about five or six feet high, and two feet wide; it leads to a spiral stairway in the wall of the nuraghe, which communicates with the two or three superimposed circular rooms, having a sharp angular roof like that of the treasury of Mycenae."
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