The necropolis of Sa Figu, the most important prehistoric heritage of the territory of Ittiri, is a place where the pre-Nuraghic remnants ‘merge’ with the Nuragic monuments. It extends along the northern edge of the Coros plateau that gives its name to a Logudorese sub-region. Four kilometres from the town, the archaeological area can be reached from the sanctuary of San Maurizio by climbing up to the peak. The complex is composed of eleven hypogea, a megalithic circle and the base of an archaic Nuraghe (or ‘protonuraghe’). It has survived at least three prehistoric eras: the late Neolithic (end of 4th millennium BC), when the first nucleus of Domus de Janas was excavated; the Eneolithic and Copper age; plus the Late and Mid Bronze, when hypogeum ‘architectural façades’ were widespread.
Of the sepultures of Sa Figu, three are simple and original Domus de Janas, two have a single cella and one had a number of cellae, with a Dromos (‘andito’), an anti-cella and a cella on which secondary areas open. At least three are expanded Domus, with additions to the façade of stele and exedra. Three are new set-ups or have been restructured in the Bronze Age. The largest tomb was originally composed of five rooms, becoming a single room following the demolition of the partition walls. An anti-cella with decorated walls leads into the cella where three rooms opened up. The hypogea have revealed a number of Nuragic finds, especially the famous bronze statuette of the launeddas player.
References:Rosenborg Palace was built in the period 1606-34 as Christian IV’s summerhouse just outside the ramparts of Copenhagen. Christian IV was very fond of the palace and often stayed at the castle when he resided in Copenhagen, and it was here that he died in 1648. After his death, the palace passed to his son King Frederik III, who together with his queen, Sophie Amalie, carried out several types of modernisation.
The last king who used the place as a residence was Frederik IV, and around 1720, Rosenborg was abandoned in favor of Frederiksborg Palace.Through the 1700s, considerable art treasures were collected at Rosenborg Castle, among other things items from the estates of deceased royalty and from Christiansborg after the fire there in 1794.
Soon the idea of a museum arose, and that was realised in 1833, which is The Royal Danish Collection’s official year of establishment.