03-palmadula: the Nuraghe Palmadula is a village built with stone by pre-historic Sardinians 3500 years ago, when most Europeans (not to mention Americans or Australians! :-) lived in wooden huts or caves. Nuraghe is the generic name of the main stone tower, in the middle of the village. There are about 8000 all over Sardinia. This one is not the largest one but one of the oldest.
The people who built the Nuraghes were sweeped away by the Romans who took power over Sardinia around 300 BC but their civilization was already forlorn when the Romans landed on the island.