Prehistoric tombs in Sardinia are now a World Heritage Site
The Domus of Janas, Sardinia, southern Italy, were recognized as a world heritage of humanity. The announcement of the 61st Italian archaeological site on the UNESCO list was made on Saturday (12), keeping Belpaese as the country with the greatest number of inclusions.
The decision was made today by the World Heritage Committee, collected in Paris, during the 47th session, which enrolled the “funeral traditions in the prehistory of Sardinia: the Janas domus” in Unesco recognizing their “exceptional universal value”.
Known as “Fairy Houses”, the candidacy for the humanity of these prehistoric tombs was promoted by the Cesim Sardegna association and the municipal network of Domus de Janas, based on the third criterion of the 1972 convention, referring to the unique and exceptional testimony of a lost cultural tradition, connected to the cult of death, developed by the pre-histor communities of the island. Sardina between 5 and 3 thousand years before Christ.
Domus de Janas is also known as “Case Fate”
Through its architectural variety, decorative complexity and planimetric evolution, these underground tombs? Like no other site in the Mediterranean? They document the social organization, the rituals and the spiritual conception of the most ancient communities of Sardinia, demonstrating both continuity and cultural transformations at the beginning of the Bronze Age.
“The success of the candidacy represents another confirmation of the appreciation of the international organization for the work carried out by the Italian government in the conservation and appreciation of the cultural and natural heritage of the nation”, says the Ministry of Culture of Italy in a declaration, which supported the candidacy of the Domus de Janas together with the government of Sardinia and other local mediators.
Source: Terra
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