Domus de Janas (S’Omu e S’Orcu)

The Domus de Janas Sa Domu e S’Orcu is a small grotto discovered between 1939 and 1940 by the archaeologist Giovanni Lilliu, cropping out of a luscious expanse of green that, if that’s even possible, adds even greater relevance to the site.

Actually, such a term stands for the ancient Roman house – actually, “domus” means house – though there is no correlation between the two types of dwellings. The Domus de Janas (S’Omu e S’Orcu) dates from Prehistoric times.

The interior layout is really distinctive: at first the basement made of marl, a kind of sedimentary rock, acts as a raised entrance and leads you into the quadrangular entry with its soft curves, from which you can explore the charming interiors.

As you snoop around these mysterious spaces, you can look back to the inner layout of the Domus, consisting of an atrium, a vestibulum and a cella, with more rooms to follow. Inside that astonishing Prehistoric building is a tomb – dug at different stages – dating from the extremely remote Neolithic Age.