{"id":29607,"date":"2023-08-03T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/place\/roccia-dellelefante\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T13:47:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T12:47:05","slug":"roccia-dellelefante","status":"publish","type":"place","link":"https:\/\/idese.cultura.gov.it\/en\/place\/roccia-dellelefante\/","title":{"rendered":"Roccia dell&#8217;Elefante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <b>Roccia dell&#8217;Elefante<\/b>\u00a0is a <strong>natural monument<\/strong> in the district of <strong>Castelsardo<\/strong>, in <strong>Multeddu<\/strong>, in the province of <strong>Sassari<\/strong>, and is clearly visible from the S.S. 134.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Roccia dell&#8217;Elefante<\/strong> stands about <strong>four metres<\/strong> high and from a <strong>geological-geomorphological<\/strong> point of view, it is a large <strong>trachyte and andesitic<\/strong> rock, with a strong <strong>rusty colour<\/strong>. It has been severely eroded by atmospheric agents which have given it its unusual appearance, similar to the <strong>figure of a sitting elephant<\/strong>.\u00a0The rock was originally part of the <strong>Monte Castellazzu rock formation<\/strong> from which it detached and collapsed into the valley.<\/p>\n<p>As well as its <strong>naturalistic and landscape significance<\/strong>, the <strong>Roccia dell\u2019Elefante<\/strong> is also of considerable <strong>archaeological relevance<\/strong>. Indeed, internally it <strong>houses two <\/strong><em><strong>Domus de Janas<\/strong><\/em> tombs, dating back to the <strong>final Neolithic period<\/strong> (3200-2800 B.C.).<\/p>\n<p>Traces of <strong>three smallish rooms<\/strong> is all that is left of <strong>Tomb I<\/strong> (upper), badly damaged by atmospheric agents. It is believed that the destruction of this tomb occurred in ancient times and led to the construction of the tomb below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tomb II<\/strong> (lower) is <strong>well preserved<\/strong> and consists of a <strong>short open-air corridor<\/strong> known as \u201c<em><strong>dromos<\/strong><\/em>\u201d, an <strong>anti-cell<\/strong>, <strong>two further cells<\/strong> arranged along the longitudinal axis and a <strong>final cell<\/strong>, opening onto the previous one. <strong>Two bovine reliefs are carved <\/strong>on the side walls of the first chamber with <strong>half-moon horns<\/strong>. The walls in the second chamber are also <strong>decorated with architectural motifs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the past, in documents and maps, the rock was known as &#8221;<strong><em>Sa pedra pertunta<\/em>&#8216;<\/strong>&#8216; (\u201c<strong>the drilled stone<\/strong>\u201d in local dialect). 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