Sedini necropolis
The Sedini necropolis (also known locally as "La Rocca", "Sa Rocca" or "Cathedral of the Domus de Janas") is located in the middle of Sedini in the province of Sassari in Sardinia . It was originally a rock-cut necropolis of rock tombs , whose origins were in the 4th or 3rd millennium BC during the Ozieri culture (3200–2800 BC), the Monte Claro culture (2700–2200 BC) . Chr.) Or their successors.
Three details make "La Rocca" in Sedini unique today. The rock graves are on the main road of the village and not, as in most cases, in areas that are difficult to access. The second is that they are in a huge rock, spread out over the surface. The third peculiarity is that the original character has been roughly retained over the centuries, despite several changes in use. It was a prison, a stable, a shop, and a party house. One part has preserved medieval structures, with the hearth in the rocky ground in the center of the room and spiral staircases carved into the rock.
It was acquired by the city in the mid-1990s and turned into a museum of the ethnographic traditions of Sedini and Anglona.
- Sedini necropolis
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See also
literature
- Alberto Moravetti, Carlo Tozzi (eds.): Sardegna . ABACO Ed., Forli 1995, ISBN 88-86712-01-4 (Unione Internazionale delle Scienze Preistoriche e Protostoriche: Guide archeologiche Preistoria e Protostoria in Italia 2).
- V. Santoni: Nota preliminare sulla tipologia delle grotticelle artificiali funerarie della Sardegna , in: Archivio Storico Sardo, XXX, 1976, p. 28.
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Coordinates: 40 ° 50 ′ 54.6 ″ N , 8 ° 49 ′ 5.4 ″ E