Resaturation of the sepulchre Ca Na Costa

The megalithic monument has numerous cracks.

The megalithic sepulchre Ca Na Costa is being restored, to return the stability to the structure which has numerous cracks. The budget for the work is over 11,000 euros, and will be covered by the Heritage Department of the Insular Council of Eivissa and Formentera. The Catalan firm ECRA will perform the work following the project approved by the Heritage Comission of the Insular Council within the biannual plan for the management of the historic heritage 2004-2005.

The island of Formentera is rich in prehistoric remains, and one of the most important and well preserved is the megalithic sepulchre Ca Na Costa. This funeral monument, built between 1900 and 1600 BC, confirms the existence of a stable and organised township at the beginning of the Bronze Age, some 1000 years before the Phoenicians settled on Eivissa. The enclosure, of a great architectural quality, is formed by a sepulchre chamber, an access corridor and a complex exterior structure of concentric buttresses. It is to be found some five metres above sea level, near s'Estany Pudent, and can be accessed from the road from es Pujols to the port of la Savina. The monument is protected by an iron structure but can be visited from the outside at any time of the day.

Date of publication: 26/05/2004

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