The itinerary will touch on the following monuments, located in the territory of Sorradile:
Necropolis of Prunittu
Loc. Novenary of St. Nicholas, near church of St. Mary Turrana
Site visit also with the help of the E-Muse APP made within the framework of the Janas-lab project, funded by the CultureLab 2018 regional ERDF ROP.
The necropolis with domus de janas (“fairy houses”) of Prunittu is dated to the Final Neolithic (Ozieri Culture 4,000 – 3,500 BC) with probable reuse in the Byzantine period. The complex consists of two agglomerations, a hundred meters apart, one falling in the locality of Prunittu and the other in the locality of Aràccono. The former probably comprises 15 graves, the latter 11. The latter, unlike the former which can be visited and are of free use, are located within private property. Most of the hypogea are easily accessible while some, being carved into the vertical wall of a trachytic rock bench and with the entrance placed at a certain height (up to four meters above ground level), are accessible only by lowering from the plateau above. Almost all the tombs turn out to be composed of several communicating rooms and present a predominantly longitudinal plan development, enriched, sometimes, by lateral extensions. The small niches visible outside are later and would seem to pertain to rural burials to be traced back to the settlement of Nurozo, to which the nearby church of St. Nicholas belonged.
Church of Santa Maria Turrana
Loc. Novenario di Santa Maria / loc. Turrana
The rural church of Santa Maria delle Grazie rises in the territory of Sorradile in the locality of Turrana, a place-name from which comes the name by which the church is best known, that of Santa Maria di Turrana. The building has a single nave, while a wide portico opens on the exterior front, which also wraps around the right side of the church. The church was probably built in 1573, but with much older origins probably dating back to the 13th century. On the exterior facings it is possible to note the presence of some decorative elements. Adjacent to the church stand two structures called “muristenes”: the larger of the two is used as a place for sleeping by the novenants during the days of the novena, which takes place from August 30 to September 8. The layout of the church recalls the Romanesque-style architecture typical of country churches.
