Giants’ grave of Coddu Vecchiu
Coddu Vecchiu is a Nuragic funerary monument located near Arzachena in northern Sardinia, dating from the Bronze Age. The site consists of a stele, stone megaliths and a gallery grave, and is one of the larger Nuragic Giants' graves on the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: archeological site in Italy
- Also known as: “Coddu Vecchiu”, “Giants‘ grave of Coddu Vecchiu”, and “Tomba dei giganti Coddu ‘Ecchju”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Caldosa train station and Tomba dei giganti di Li Lolghi.
Caldosa train station
Railway stop
Photo: Discanto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caldosa train station is a railway stop, which is situated 1¼ km north of Giants’ grave of Coddu Vecchiu.
Tomba dei giganti di Li Lolghi
Photo: Pjt56, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tomba dei giganti di Li Lolghi is situated 2½ km northwest of Giants’ grave of Coddu Vecchiu.
Arzachena train station
Railway station
Photo: Discanto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arzachena train station is a railway station, which is situated 4 km north of Giants’ grave of Coddu Vecchiu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sant’Antonio di Gallura and San Pantaleo.
Sant’Antonio di Gallura
Village
Photo: Discanto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sant'Antonio di Gallura is a municipality in the Province of Gallura North-East Sardinia in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 200 kilometres north of Cagliari and about 20 kilometres northwest of Olbia. Sant’Antonio di Gallura is situated 8 km southwest of Giants’ grave of Coddu Vecchiu.
San Pantaleo
Village
Photo: Discanto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Pantaleo is a village, which is situated 9 km east of Giants’ grave of Coddu Vecchiu.
Cannigione
Village
Photo: Discanto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cannigione is a village, which is situated 10 km northeast of Giants’ grave of Coddu Vecchiu.
Giants’ grave of Coddu Vecchiu
- Categories: archaeological site, giants‘ grave, archaeological park, museum of a public entity, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Arzachena, Province of Sassari, Sardinia, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
41.05022° or 41° 3′ 1″ northLongitude
9.35577° or 9° 21′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8FHF3924+38OpenStreetMap ID
way 488049229OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q27503671
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Slovenian—“Giants’ grave of Coddu Vecchiu” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Coddu Vecchiu”
- French: “Tombe des géants de Coddu Vecchiu”
- French: “Tombeau des géants de Coddu Vecchiu”
- Galician: “Tumba dos xigantes de Coddu Vecchiu”
- German: “Coddu Vecchiu”
- German: “Gigantengrab von Coddu vecchiu”
- Italian: “Toba dei giganti Coddu Veccju”
- Italian: “tomba dei giganti di Coddu Vecchiu”
- Italian: “Tomba dei giganti di Coddu vecchiu”
- Italian: “Tomba dei giganti di Coddu Vecchiu”
- Italian: “Tomba di Coddu ‘Ecchju”
- Slovenian: “Coddu Vecchiu”
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Highlights include Informazioni e Ticket Office and Area archeologica del nuraghe La Prisgiona.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Giants’ grave of Coddu Vecchiu”. Photo: Pjt56, CC BY-SA 3.0.