Funtana Coberta is a holy pit (subterranean temple) in Sarrabus-Gerrei

Sarrabus-Gerrei

Sarrabus-Gerrei is a sub-region of souther-eastern Sardinia, Italy.-Sarrabus:Traditionally Sarrabus occupies the area of the communes of Castiadas, Muravera, San Vito and Villaputzu, corresponding to the curatory with the same name of the medieval giudicato of Cagliari...

, a traditional subregion of Sardinia

Sardinia

Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...

, Italy

Italy

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. Dating to c. 1200-850 BC, it is included in the territory of Ballao

Ballao

Ballao is a comune in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 45 km northeast of Cagliari, in the Gerrei traditional subregion....

, in the province of Cagliari

Province of Cagliari

Cagliari is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari.It has an area of 4,470 km², and a total population of 543,310 . There are 71 comuni in the province....

. It was excavated in 1918 by Antonio Taramelli, and again in 1994 by Maria Rosaria Manunza.

It is composed of roughly parallelepiped-shaped limestone rocks, with a length of 10.60 m.