The Molia park in Illorai demonstrates how this territory boasts an extraordinary density of archaeological evidence, safeguarding a widespread heritage between the surface of the ground and the bedrock that has very few equals in the world for concentration.
Beneath the road level and among the trees, the tuffaceous rock meets the hardness of basalt. The hypogeic necropolis features several domus de janas carved into the rocky plateau, where the walls preserve beams, pilasters, and cornices sculpted in relief to faithfully reproduce prehistoric wooden dwellings. At a very short distance, the continuity of the site emerges in the foundations of the nuraghe, the remains of the village, and the nearby course-built giants' tombs, spanning a timeframe from the Late Neolithic to the Bronze Age.
Passing along the SP33 and stopping at Molia makes one understand how history in Sardinia is not just a memory confined to museums, but a living presence flowing just beneath our feet, ready to resurface anywhere across the island.
