Santa Cristina Well 




There is such a mysterious place in Sardinia that even today people are surprised to see it. This place is a wonderful archaeological site. This is a well located in the Sanctuary of Santa Cristina. This place is located in Sardinia, the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. This well was built by the people of the ancient Nurajik civilization.


Santa Cristina Well: A Mystery of Sardinia.

When one finds oneself in front of this well it is not easy to believe that it is a monument dating back to 1000 BC: its balanced proportions, its geometric structure and its state of preservation amaze every visitor . It is indeed a marvelous architectural marvel and its trapezoidal shaped stairs seem to be an invitation to descend into the belly of the earth. But its structure and the people who built it have kept historians, scholars in surprise even today.



The Santa Cristina Well is surrounded by nature, believed to be the remains of an ancient Nuragic village, consisting of a towered Nuragic and Christian village. The well of Santa Cristina is embraced by thymnos, an elliptical sacred circle that separates the sacred area from being defiled, which encircles another that has the form of a lock. Before the well is a vestibule which follows a staircase formed by 24 steps and which narrows down as it approaches the chamber containing the actual well, a circular chamber covered by a domed oval dome about 7 meters high. is manufactured by. The steps are covered with architecture creating an extraordinary inverted staircase effect.


Lunar and water mysteries:

The Santa Cristina well was associated with water cults, the object of religious practices and pilgrimages that brought entire communities together. Even today the water comes from a perennial slope, into a basin dug into the rock and the level is always constant.




Some scholars believe that the sanctuary was also a place of astronomical observation that may have been used to investigate and measure celestial motions. A series of events occurring at certain times of the year seems to confirm this theory.On the occasion of the equinox, the sun completely illuminates the bottom of the well entering through the ladder and then reflects on the water. The phenomenon related to the Moon is even more extraordinary and mysterious: every 18 years and 6 months, when the Moon reaches its maximum height, its light passes through the opening at the top of the well.  

Connected with Aliens 

In  world, many ancient astronomers theorist believe that the well of santa cristina used to be the way for the arrival of aliens in ancient times.This thing got famous when Giorgio A.Tsoukalos, the host of National Geographic Channel's show famous ancient aliens, reached Sardinia with his team and investigated it.The shape of this well is like the keyhall monuments found around the world that are associated with aliens. At the same time, there is a matching well in Badlapur village located in the Indian state of Maharashtra, which was built for lunar activities like Santa Cristina.