Su Nuraxi (Barumini)

Su Nuraxi
	Su Nuraxi in Barumini
	Map showing location in Sardinia
Location	Barumini, Sardinia, Italy
Coordinates	39°42′21″N 8°59′26″E / 39.70583°N 8.99056°E
Type	Settlement
History
Founded	17th century BCE
Abandoned	6th century BCE
Periods	Bronze Age
Cultures	Nuragic civilization
Site notes
Excavation dates	1950-1957
Archaeologists	Giovanni Lilliu
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Su Nuraxi di Barumini
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, iii, iv
Designated	1997 (21st session)
Reference no.	833
Region	Europe and North America

Su Nuraxi is a nuragic archaeological site in Barumini, Sardinia, Italy. Su Nuraxi simply means "The Nuraghe" in Campidanese, the southern variant of the Sardinian language.

Su Nuraxi is a settlement consisting of a seventeenth century BC nuraghe, a bastion of four corner towers plus a central one, and a village inhabited from the thirteenth to the sixth century BC, developed around the nuraghe. They are considered by scholars the most impressive expression of the nuragic civilization and were included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997 as Su Nuraxi di Barumini.