Located in the town of the same name in the Villaputzu countryside, it is a typical construction of the Nuragic age, made in adoration of the God of water. Built with a very precise technique that, differently from the others, presents the particularity of a single-tower nuraghe built on the pseudo dome that encloses the well chamber and which is accessed via a short staircase, through an atrium made of granite blocks.
The well, powered by a source of drinking water that is still active, until Christianity it was used in numerous rites to propitiate good luck and against the evil eye..
The veneration was so intense that in cases of crimes and/or thefts the defendants were judged by the so-called water verdict.
They were taken to the well where their eyes were bathed and they were held guilty if they lost their sight. Otherwise they were considered innocent.
How to get there:Take the state road 125 towards Tertenia up to km. 88,400. After passing the Rio S. Giorgio finds a sign indicating the Sacred Well, follow the signs and take the dirt road on the right. Crossed the river, you find another sign and after continuing for about another 300 m. you reach the car park on the right of which the Sacred Well is visible, reachable after a walk of about 150 m.
