It stands on the slopes of Gennargentu, at an altitude of about 1200 metres, asserting itself as one of the ‘highest’ Bronze Age settlements in Sardinia. Furthermore, the traces of the village that surrounds it tell a story steeped in legend. The nuraghe Ruinas is ‘immersed’ in a mountainous landscape in Arzana, not far from woods, waterfalls and springs. Orruinas – as it is called by the people of Arzana – must have been a particularly important settlement: in addition to the nuraghe, it also has a Giants’ Tomb, (perhaps) a sacred well and above all a vast village of which around 200 huts can be seen today, although it is assumed that there were originally many more of them. The nuraghe has a trefoil layout, with about 8 and a half metres of the height of the keep still standing and the tholos roof of the main chamber still remains, while to the left of the entrance you will see the staircase that led to the upper room, which later collapsed.