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Necropolis in Sardinia, millenary testimonies of antique burial

Anghelu Ruju is the most famous necropolis in the zone of Alghero. It was discovered in 1904 on the property of Sella & Mosca wine society, next to the street of the “Due Mari” (“two seas”, in Li Punti locality). Its name laterally means “red angel”. (...)

Thousand of Domus de Janas all around the Island

The Domus de Janas (House of the Fairies) can be visited in different places all around Sardinia, as hundreds sites have been discovered nearly everywhere, even inside the most habited cities as Cagliari. It is impossible to talk about all of them, however we will indicate the most well-known. It is impossible to talk about all of them, however we will indicate the known.(...)

Tuvixeddu, one of the biggest necropolis in the Mediterranean Sea

The necropolis was the funereal area in which the Phoenicians, the Punics and the Romans buried their dead. Numerous are the attested kinds of graves, among which "a fossa" (...)

The giants' tombs in the other territories

The whole island of Sardinia is rich in giants' tombs. In the territory of Erula (Anglona) it is worth to visit the giants' tomb of Giamone, famous for its denticulate stele. (...)

Perdas Marmuradas, in the conical stones is represented the fertility

In the road that connects Macomer to Santu Lussurgiu, on Sant'Antonio Mount, Tamuli locality, it is possible to visit three Tombe dei giganti (Giants' graves). Interesting are also “sas Perdas Marmuradas” (...)

In Sorgono an abandoned site to be embellished

The stele of a tomba dei giganti (giants' grave) is still today visible at the bottom of the entry stairs of the sanctuary of San Mauro, in the territory of Sorgono: it seems that it comes from the near grave (...)

Luogosanto, a tomb with a 4 meters high funeral stele

During the nuraghic age, the dead were buried in the so-called giants tombs, which were constituted by a long and low corridor (...)

The houses of the fairies are still wrapped in mystery

The domus de janas (literally “the houses of the fairies”) attract many visitors from all around the world. They are collective hypogean tombs (...)

In Sant'Antioco the only Sardinian catacombs

The catacombs are underground caverns, in which the first Christians met clandestinely to celebrate rituals and to bury their dead. (...)

The dolmen arrived in Sardinia with the Celtic culture

If compared to the Sardinian culture, many are the sites with atypical interments in the area of Luras (Gallura). They are the dolmen (...)