We can call them “homes of the fairies” or “homes of the witches,” if we are so inclined. In Sardinia, however, they are known as Domus de Janas, and they are the latest treasure to be officially proposed for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List for 2025.

This initiative, named Art and Architecture in the Prehistory of Sardinia: the Domus de Janas, includes 26 monumental complexes that span from the Middle Neolithic to the Copper Age and highlight the cultural system that characterized Sardinia until the onset of the Bronze Age. This period is known for two specific architectural phenomena, hypogeism and megalithism, symbols of the island’s rich pre-Nuragic civilization.