Bonorva

Its territory was inhabited since the Neolithic period, a population that continued in the Nuragic age and in all subsequent eras. The most relevant prehistoric evidence is the necropolis of Sant’Andrea Priu, a funerary complex consisting of twenty domus de Janas dating back to the Neolithic and the Copper Age (4th-3rd millennium BC). Inside the funeral caves architectural details are reproduced to recreate environments similar to the homes of the living people. Three tombs stand out for their size and state of conservation, one of them (the tomb of the Cape) with 18 rooms, is one of the largest hypogean tombs in the Mediterranean. The necropolis was reused for a long time: in the Roman and then Byzantine periods, the tomb of the chief was transformed into a rock church, one of the first in the time of Christian persecutions. Plastered and frescoed several times with scenes from the New Testament, it was named after Saint Andrew. Nearby are also the prehistoric sacred spring of Lumarzu and the nuraghi Puttu de Inza and Monte Donna.