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Site Information
- UNESCO ID
- 1730
- Category
- Cultural
- Country
- Italy
- Inscribed
- 2025
- Coordinates
- 40.0850, 8.9510
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Selection Criteria
(iii)
Criteria: (iii)
Description
Domus de Janas (Sardinian for 'House of the Fairies' or, alternatively, 'House of Witches') are a type of pre-Nuragic rock-cut chamber tomb found in Sardinia. They consist of several chambers quarried out by the people of the San Ciriaco through Ozieri cultures and subsequent cultures, resembling houses in their layout.