Sardinian ziggurat, also known as the Sanctuary of Monte D Accadde is an ancient megalithic monument, which was discovered in Sardinia in 1954 near the city of Sassari. The name of the ziggurat he received for his form of multi-stage tower.

According to the archeologists, this unique across the Mediterranean region the monument was built about 5, 5 thousand years ago by members of a culture Ozieri who had close relations with Minoan Crete and the Eastern Mediterranean. Then he repeatedly enlarged and partly rebuilt. The most recent renovation date 2600-2400 BC – the heyday of the culture Amealco-Perigosa.

Originally on this site there were settlements of culture Ozieri, they were mostly simple square house. In addition, there was the necropolis, consisting of underground tombs, and the sanctuary with the menhir, stone slabs for sacrifice and stone balls. Some scientists suggest that the balloons symbolized the Sun and the moon. Later was built the first wide platform in the form of a truncated pyramid with a height of about 5 meters and a footprint 27x27 metres. It was a ground size 12, 5x7, 2 meters, painted in ocher and therefore called the "red temple". Probably in the beginning of the 3rd Millennium BC.e. was a huge fire, whose traces are still visible today and which forced the locals to leave this place. A few hundred years the temple was destroyed and covered with earth and stones – thus the second platform, also having the shape of a truncated pyramid with a height of about 10 meters and a footprint h metres. The General form of the entire structure resembles the ziggurats of Mesopotamia, created around the same time.

While the sanctuary of Monte D Accordi remained an important religious center, but in the bronze age, it again fell into disrepair and was abandoned. Already in 1800 BCE, the structure was destroyed and served as a place for burials. During the Second World war the upper part of the temple was heavily damaged because these places have laid a trench for the installation of anti-aircraft batteries. Fortunately, soon after the war began a large-scale archaeological excavations: the first took place from 1954 to 1958, and later – from 1979 to 1990. As a result of these works Sardinian ziggurat was partially restored, and nowadays it is an important tourist attraction of the island.