Tertenia, Nuraghe Aleri

The nuraghe is located on a hill, near Foxi Manna beach, on the southern coast of Ogliastra, in the region of eastern Sardinia.
The Aleri is a complex nuraghe, consisting of a central tower enclosed by a bastion of three towers connected by rectilinear wall curtains and connected internally by corridors.
It is possible to visit the central tower of the complex, accessible through an entrance facing south-east (width m 0.75; height m 1.50) and surmounted by a granite lintel, which leads into a narrow straight line (length m 6.50). Almost halfway through, on the left wall, the corridor has the trapezoidal entrance (width 0.75 m; height 2.15 m) of the stairwell obstructed by the collapsing material. On the right wall, on the other hand, there is a rather low niche (width m 0.80; depth m 1.30; height m 1.25) with an ogival vault.
At the end of the corridor, an entrance with an angular roof (width m 1.70; height m 3.00) leads into the inner, eccentric, circular chamber (diameter m 4.60; height m 8.50), with a lowered floor plan.
The room, currently standing out, is made of sketched trachyte blocks arranged in irregular rows. In the walls of the room, the entrances to two niches open, respectively on the left and in front of the entrance.
The left niche - accessible through an opening with an angular roof (width m 0.60; height m 2.70) - develops at an elbow (width m 2.80; depth m 3.55; height m 3.70) and has a vaulted vault. The coaxial niche at the entrance of the chamber (width m 2.70; height m 1.50) — with an entrance with an angular roof (width m 0.80; height m 2.60) — has an ovoid plan and an ogive roof. The bastion consists of three secondary towers placed laterally and frontally with respect to the keep. The structure is built with granite boulders of different sizes, unprocessed and built on fairly irregular rows. In the absence of excavation, it is difficult to define the articulation of the compartments of the added body.
The nuraghe dates back to 1400-1000 BC.

History of excavations
The nuraghe dates back to the middle of the last century.

Bibliography
V. M. Cannas, I Nuraghi Aleri and Nastasi and the new archaeological discoveries in the territory of Tertenia, Cagliari, Fossataro, 1972, pp. 14, 27-51;
R. J. Rowland, The Roman discoveries in Sardinia, series “Archaeological Studies”, 28, Rome, L'Erma di Bretshneider, 1981, p.136;
M. Sequi, Nuraghi, Como, Multigrafic, 1985, p. 18; C. Nieddu, “Nuraghe Aleri”, in C. Nieddu, “Nuraghe Aleri”, in C. Nieddu (edited by C. Nieddu)) Archaeological sites of Ogliastra, Tortolì 2006, pp. 52-53.

How to get There
From Tertenia you take the road to Marina di Tertenia. Once you get close to the coast, you come to a fork, turn left and continue in the direction of Foxi Manna beach. Before reaching the beach, you can see on the left a hill on the top of which the nuraghe stands; you continue the route to the small hamlet of Foxi where you leave your car, you take a path that starts between the houses of the small hamlet and you follow it to the nuraghe.