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<< Our Photo Pages >> Milis Pozzo Sacro - Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Italy in Sardinia (Sardegna)

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 25 March 2006  Page Views: 4473

Springs and Holy WellsSite Name: Milis Pozzo Sacro Alternative Name: Pozzo sacro Milis
Country: Italy Region: Sardinia (Sardegna) Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Nearest Town: Olbia  Nearest Village: Golfo Aranci
Latitude: 40.995230N  Longitude: 9.630890E
Condition:
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3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
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1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Milis Pozzo Sacro
Milis Pozzo Sacro submitted by maxvela : Milis Sacred Well Inside the square of the railway station is an archaeological remain from the Nuragic period: The "Milis" Sacred Well was discovered in 1883 and excavated by the archaeologist, Lovisato in 1889. The work dates from the twelfth century BC. The imposing structure faces south-east and has an axis of 13.5 m in length, from the threshold of the steps to the external border of the... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Holy Well in Sardegna

Nuragic sacred well with an underground chamber.
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Milis Pozzo Sacro submitted by durhamnature : Plan and cross section, from "Realm of the Great Goddess" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Milis Pozzo Sacro submitted by SolarMegalith : Staircase leading to the tholos chamber of pozzo sacro Milis (photo taken on October 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Milis Pozzo Sacro
Milis Pozzo Sacro submitted by SolarMegalith : A general view of pozzo sacro Milis in Golfo Aranci (photo taken on October 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Milis Pozzo Sacro
Milis Pozzo Sacro submitted by SolarMegalith : Top part of the tholos (photo taken on October 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Milis Pozzo Sacro by Anonymous on Friday, 28 February 2014
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZzapH7g8Jk
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    Re: Milis Pozzo Sacro by Runemage on Saturday, 01 March 2014
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    Lovely video, almost dizzying in places when looking from the steps down through the water (more steps in there?) to the vaulted ceiling, it's almost like being inside an Escher drawing. As above so below and all that, especially with Beethoven's Moonlight sonata which is a soporific accompaniment to the video in the nicest possible way.

    Here's a Google translation of the text on youtube which was uploaded on 5 Oct 2010 by MegaMaxmos

    Beautiful example of Sacred Well built by Sardo Nuragici in the twelfth century . B.C. Brought to light in 1883 by the railroad during excavation work for laying of tracks, the well has a depth ' of about 11 meters (a true record) with a source of fresh water still active. Of the 40 steps that originally made ​​up the scale , we can admire today unfortunately only 22 , it is assumed that the other 18 are buried by debris that has accumulated over time, so meta ' and well ' "hidden" . In the deposits of the Superintendency of Archaeology of Cagliari and Oristano "should" be kept a kind Certosa fibula dated to the fifth century. a. C. found during an excavation conducted by archaeologist Doro Levi in 1939. Its features are : m height . Wide at the base and 1.12 cm . 73 lintel . The threshold of the entrance is the first of the original 40 steps " today we find only 22" , which led to the source. Those steps are not of a single block , but generally two " rarely three " and present , as well as a very brief finishing with regard to the processing, also different size of the depth and height. 4 the first measure, respectively : m . 1.12 x 0.17 x 0.37 depth , 1.12 x 0.12 x 0 , 32; 1.15 x 0.10 x 0.32 , 1.17 x 0.13 x 0.25. A cover of the majestic ramped are used the usual , common constructions of this kind, which gives the impression , as observed for " Sa Testa ," a view from the scale below . however, since the stairwell trapezoidal section , with progressive narrowing upward , the blocks of coverage of local schist slabs are monolithic and are based , progressively degrading , its regular laying plans of the two sides. Given the presence of water, which comes , even in lean times , until the 17th step has not been possible to observe the shape of the shaft in its last stretch, but both the report of the Lovisato that the analogy is almost perfect note with the Head of Sa and Su Trambuccone , it must consist of a platform which surrounds the circular basin which flows from the source. The trumpet of the well whose ordinary masonry is concealed by a recent arrangement of bricks has a total height of m . 9.29 . And , more precisely : 4.71 last slab of coverage of the scale, up to the current external orifice ( in controcupola ), which presents 68 cm . diameter. The trumpet of the well is also protected on the outside by a controcupola about 5 m . diameter for a residual height , which does not surpass the meter. It has recently been , in part, demolished to give rise to a square platform , on which was placed a suction pump. If, however , similar to what is known for one of Sa Testa, and as reflected , for example, in one of the almost intact (Fontana Blanket ) of Ballasalla , we think this controcupola , so long as in the typical form ( tholos ) , with small circular hole for aeration of the water , it was originally given , a total height of just under 2 m . Therefore , all in all the overall height of the well at this point it reached the maximum height of about 11 m . , Therefore higher of at least 4 m . to that of Sa Testa (m. 7). How to Sa Testa , a gap of a residual height of cm . 80 (the bottom appears filling material collapsed , for a thickness indeterminable ) , and a width of 56 cm . Protects the building by the filtrations wet the surrounding soil , which also here is flanked by a protective wall . As for the technical architecture of the monument, you will notice an admirable regularity of vestments , especially in ramped sides of the scale. The subfloor is distinctly below and hit right away to almost constant uniformity of height. The material u

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Re: Milis Pozzo Sacro by Anonymous on Monday, 08 July 2013
BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE SACRED WELL BUILT IN SARDINIA NURAGIC twelfth century. BC DISCOVERED IN 1883 FROM THE TRAIN STATION DURING excavation work FOR LAYING OF TRACKS. THE WELL HAS A DEPTH 'OF APPROXIMATELY 11 METERS WITH A SOURCE OF FRESH WATER STILL ACTIVE,
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Re: Milis Pozzo Sacro by Anonymous on Monday, 08 July 2013
This video gives a tour of the site and shows its construction.
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