Just a few steps from the town of Nuraminis, the San Costantino site reveals an unexpected Early Middle Ages parenthesis in the heart of the Campidano plain.
The hypogeum of the Byzantine Tomb in the locality of San Costantino surprises with the contrast between the rocky matrix and the formal cleanliness of the interior environment, carved into the limestone bench with a rigor that immediately recalls the Byzantine cultural imprint. The small vestibule introduces a funerary chamber characterized by a perfectly shaped barrel vault, where the sculpted stone loses its ancient roughness to become composed and solemn architecture. This environment bears witness to the transformation of the territory between the sixth and eighth centuries, when eastern influences redesigned the island's spirituality by reconverting spaces to new forms of Christian worship and burial.
The immediate proximity to the village makes the visit a close and surprising encounter with a millenary history. The Byzantine tomb of San Costantino represents an unusual and deeply charming piece, capable of showing how the Sardinian landscape has continually managed to overwrite its traces over time.
