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The builders at Barumini embellished the site with remarkable features both tiny and massive, many of which are still on display after many centuries.
Angled slabs of stone were carefully fitted together to create this ornate pattern in a chamber that likely served as a reception room for the village chief. This is part of a distinctive building with an oval floorplan and a threshold made of shelly limestone.
Poking up like a set of ribs, the corbels in the foreground once supported a walkway atop the main tower at Su Nuraxi. The corbels were carved from basalt stone and have now collapsed; the walkway was probably made of wood that has since rotted away. We can guess at the look of the original walkway because of surviving small-scale nuraghe models made of bronze or stone.
With a bench curving around a basin, this circular room is one of eight small round compartments that surround a central common dwelling space. Researchers believe that this chamber was designed for worship.