![]() Pimentel, Villaperuccio, Ittiri, Sedini, Porto Torres: are other location where there are further examples of domus de janas. There you can find the “Tomba del capo” (Grave of the chief): a domus with 18 rooms, modified and used as church during the Roman and Byzantine era. 36 burial site characterized by embossed stylized bull heads.Īnother main area is the one near Bonorva: Sant’Andrea Piru. A big part of them, a necropolis indeed, is in the archeological area of Anghelu Ruju, near Alghero. Sardinia territory can count more than 1,000 domus de janas. The artificial walls of the cave are often decorated with embossed magical symbols and red ochre painted. They’re dated back to the Ozieri and Beaker cultures and they’re probably been built between the 3,400 and 2,700 b.C. The domus de janas are astonishing examples of underground burial structure of the pre-nuragic civilization. ![]() Lu Brandali and La Marmorata are local landmarks, and the areas natural beauty. houses of the fairies), only at night.īeyond the old time’s charming narration there’s the archeology telling us another story. Located in Santa Teresa di Gallura, B&B Domus de Janas is near the beach. According to the differing versions of the traditional tales, the janas are f ragile fairies or awkward witches getting out from their lurk, the domus de janas (trad. Realizzate singolarmente o in necropoli che arrivano anche ad oltre 30 sepolcri, potevano essere di tipologie architettoniche diverse, dalle pi semplici, con singole celle poco rifinite e di piccole. The many openings starring the inland area of Sardinia, spooky access to the underworld, have been populated of supernatural creatures: the janas. Le Domus de Janas sono antiche tombe ipogeiche, risalenti all'et neolitca, scavate nella roccia e diffuse in tutta la Sardegna. The folkloristic imaginary worked for century about this kind of building craved from the rocks and spread in the whole Sardinia, drawing legends still fascinating. It is believed that the largest example, known as the Necropolis of Anghelu Ruju (with 38 tombs) that represents the pre-Nuragic style and tradition before the Nuragic civilization flourished on the island.īased on archaeological findings reported from Sardinia excavations, it is important to emphasize that unique tools, evidence of metal-working, and objects discovered in individual huts of the Ozieri, suggest the culture was well organized and specialized.Domus de janas buildings are evidences of the Sardinian ancient civilization a culture living in close quarters with Nature. The largest of them is the Necropolis of Anghelu Ruju, in Alghero with funeral caves decorated with a light coat of red paint and stylized bull's heads, which are symbols of male fertility that represent the continuity of life. The 'Domus de Janas' tombs consist of rock-cut hypogeous structures, which were built underground or in rock faces. ![]() However, this kind of ancient tombs, related to Sardinia, is only one of many that can be encountered on the island. More than one thousand 'Domus de Janas' tombs are scattered all over the island but most of them (about 480) are located in the province of Sassari, in northern Sardinia. Una delle più importanti, insieme ai nuraghi, è rappresentata dalle Domus de Janas. La Sardegna è famosa per le testimonianze millenarie lasciate dalle civiltà che hanno vissuto nell’isola. 3200 to 2800 BC. People of the Ozieri culture were busy with agriculture, sheep farming, stones- and metalworking. Le Domus de Janas sarde sono uno dei tesori più antichi della regione isolana. There are also prehistoric monuments called the ‘Domus de Janas’ (‘fairy houses’) or (“di gianas” (‘witches’ houses’), developed by a pre-Nuraghi culture of Ozieri, which flourished between 4000 BC and 3000 BC (or c.
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